Friday, November 13, 2026

Finally tidied up my wool threads

 


This is all the wool threads I've collected. Some are leftovers from kits and others are ones I bought at 2nd hand shops. They used to be smushed in an old wool bucket purse (I also bought 2nd hand) so were seldom used. But after finding those wool embroidery kits I knew I needed to sort all of these. Then after seeing a video where Kiko Sabi used clothes pins for wrapping wool I knew here was a way to use some of the old ones I never use any more. I prefer the clippy type. I didn't bother with ones that were still in skeins or large ones. The ones on the cards are mending wool. They seem to be from the 60's and surprisingly are still strong and don't pull apart. I used one of the greys to mend an old wool sweater the DH refused to toss even with all the snags and holes.

I'm off to work on the directions for some of the patterns that I haven't had time to work on.