Before last year, when I got more serious about cross stitching and found this forum, I was storing my DMC thread on bobbins on rings, in a little box (a cardboard box that closed but wasn't air tight). When I was finishing TW's The Castle, I noticed that the threads seemed pretty dusty. Like when I unwound a new strand, lots of dust-like particles would fly off in the air. I thought this was just because those threads were 10 years old, and dust had gotten in between the fibers.
I have since at least quadrupled my DMC collection (!! ), and now store them on bobbins in plastic floss boxes, which I keep closed when not working. I'm already noticing dust-like things flying away when I unwind my bobbins again. It doesn't seem to affect the color or leave residue on my fabric, but I definitely run each strand through my fingers before using it.
Is this just me? Am I a dusty person?
-Imogen
Current WIPs
HAED SK Some Enchanted Evening
Stitchonomy Winter SAL
Animal Alphabet SAL (Anna Gutova for Artmishka)
Modern Folk Embroidery SAL 2021
Wonders of the Solar System SAL (Climbing Goat Designs)
Gnomes (Designs by Gloria & Pat)
Hmmm, I don't think I've ever had that happen. I do use mostly plastic bobbins stored in plastic floss boxes so maybe it's the cardboard particles--that is if you are using cardboard bobbins??
Work in Progress
Dimensions Passion Flower Angel
Tempting Tangles Welcome SAL
Various small designs
It's really not a lot of dust, and it's definitely not dirty. It's more like a couple of tiny little fluffies. (technical term )
It just bothers my OCD tendencies, and I'm having visions of Pig-Pen...
-Imogen
Current WIPs
HAED SK Some Enchanted Evening
Stitchonomy Winter SAL
Animal Alphabet SAL (Anna Gutova for Artmishka)
Modern Folk Embroidery SAL 2021
Wonders of the Solar System SAL (Climbing Goat Designs)
Gnomes (Designs by Gloria & Pat)
Reta wrote:It will be fibres off the silk you are seeing
Happens to us all but most never notice
Yeah, it definitely seems like it's just loose fibres coming off. (with cotton, too, right?) That makes me feel better - just a little more OCD than I used to be.
maemae0410 wrote:
Maybe use a hair dryer on all low settings to sirt of blow then off like you would a porch with a leaf blower??
My boyfriend would really think I'd gone off the deep-end if he saw that!
-Imogen
Current WIPs
HAED SK Some Enchanted Evening
Stitchonomy Winter SAL
Animal Alphabet SAL (Anna Gutova for Artmishka)
Modern Folk Embroidery SAL 2021
Wonders of the Solar System SAL (Climbing Goat Designs)
Gnomes (Designs by Gloria & Pat)
), and now store them on bobbins in plastic floss boxes, which I keep closed when not working. I'm already noticing dust-like things flying away when I unwind my bobbins again. It doesn't seem to affect the color or leave residue on my fabric, but I definitely run each strand through my fingers before using it.
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My boyfriend would really think I'd gone off the deep-end if he saw that!