There are a billion color changes in Lemons Limes and more. I originally bought one of those needle minders that have the cardboard insert to draw the symbol and then stick the needle in the sponge part. Well that would have been great but I didn't buy the case for it and the needles kept falling out and poking thru the project bag. I finally came up with an idea! I pulled out a piece of aida that has been in my stash for about 10 yrs now. Drew grid lines on it and then inside the boxes drew the symbols so I could park my needles accordingly. At first I just put the needles and left the threads dangle but then the needles would get caught up with the threads and drive me nuts. I finally decided to wrap the threads around the needles and it is working much better. I can use this over again by just crossing out the symbol and writing the new on next to it. Now I can just roll it up and throw it into the project bag :)
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Glad you came up with something that works for you. I have a friend who uses those needle minders, and she never takes her projects with her. I use the same needle over and over. All my floss is in floss bags, labeled with the floss color, number, and symbol. I like it, and it works for me!
I like that Idea Vikki!! I hated my needle minders, somethings the needles fell out and I couldn't take it with me! Thanks for the idea!
So you have to unwrap the needle each time you want to use that color?
Like Julie, I just use one needle. I have hard enuf time keeping track of one, let alone multiples. LOL
You're just full of brilliant ideas, gurl! Without my glasses, it looked like an afghan with little designs in the boxes, LOL! For my Mirabilia, if I ever start on it again, I have the Pako needle thing you were describing, and it's been so long, I can't remember if I liked it or not!
What a great idea that works for you.
This is a fantastic idea!! I'm going to have to try this!
What an amazing art idea!
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