Forum - Other - Skeins or bobbins?

superme123

Bracelet King

3 weeks, 1 day ago by superme123

Do you use skeins or bobbins to store your string?
I personally use skiens, but sometimes I make a bobbin if the leading string in an alpha is really long.

queenellie

Professional

3 weeks, 1 day ago by queenellie

i like bobbins because it keeps the string from knotting together when you reuse the strings for more than one bracelet, also it’s easier to measure out your string, but it’s a pain to wind them.

just_mere

Professional

3 weeks, 1 day ago by just_mere

I use skeins, but man I wish I had bobbins. They seem a lot easier for the alphas that I mainly make, and no matter how hard I try when I unravel the string from being in a skein it always gets a knot

Piwakawaka

Bracelet King

3 weeks, 1 day ago by Piwakawaka

A bit of both. I basically commandeered my mum's embroidery floss, and she kept her thread on bobbins, so I've stuck to that. But I won't bother to have put multiple skeins of the same color on bobbins. so I have a couple of bags of spare thread. I also won't bother to put to black and white onto bobbins as I use it so fast.
I've made alphas with the leading string on bobbins, and personally I find it a bit tedious.

superme123 Bracelet King	3 weeks, 1 day ago by superme123 Do you use skeins or bobbins to store your string? I personally use skiens, but sometimes I make a bobbin if the leading string in an alpha is really long.
queenellie Professional	3 weeks, 1 day ago by queenellie i like bobbins because it keeps the string from knotting together when you reuse the strings for more than one bracelet, also it’s easier to measure out your string, but it’s a pain to wind them.
just_mere Professional	3 weeks, 1 day ago by just_mere I use skeins, but man I wish I had bobbins. They seem a lot easier for the alphas that I mainly make, and no matter how hard I try when I unravel the string from being in a skein it always gets a knot
Piwakawaka Bracelet King	3 weeks, 1 day ago by Piwakawaka A bit of both. I basically commandeered my mum's embroidery floss, and she kept her thread on bobbins, so I've stuck to that. But I won't bother to have put multiple skeins of the same color on bobbins. so I have a couple of bags of spare thread. I also won't bother to put to black and white onto bobbins as I use it so fast. I've made alphas with the leading string on bobbins, and personally I find it a bit tedious.

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