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Opening & Storing Skeins
To open the skein, move the tag
to one side to reveal the knot. You can cut through the knot or on
both sides of it. Some colors, depending on the thread, will have a
small white spot at the knot. In this case, simply cut out the area
of the knot that is white. The strands will now be about one yard
long. The threads can be steamed with a steam iron to smooth out the
wrinkles and small kinks. Lay the strands flat out on a thick cloth
and gently run the hot steam iron over them. They are now ready for
stitching and storage.
Threads can be put in an EdMar plastic
organizer or hung from the tag. To
store it in the plastic organizer, cut the knot and slide off the
tag. To insert the thread into the slot, use a skein threader; a long
plastic strip bent on one end or a hooked wire. Insert the hook
through one of the long slots, fold the skein in half over the hook
and pull it up the slot. Pull it slightly over the seam under the
label leaving the folded part of the thread showing. Trim the sides
of the tag leaving the name and color number for reference. Insert
the tag into the top small slot over the thread. Each plastic
organizer will store 16 skeins. To keep the thread hanging from the
tag, cut off the knot and pull on one side of the strands to make one
side longer than the other. Insert a crochet hook or a piece of
plastic strip bent on one end through the label where the thread was
pulled longer. Bring the long strands to the hook and pull them
through the label (tag). Even up the ends and pull the loop against
the tag. When one strand is needed, just pull it from the loop under
the tag.
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