{"id":1403,"date":"2011-01-14T08:40:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T16:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2011-01-14T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T00:22:23","slug":"tying-off-a-cone-of-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/archives\/1403","title":{"rendered":"Tying Off a Cone of Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a way to deal with cones of thread to prevent them from unspooling all over the place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spool-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-1-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m using a spool of twine to demonstrate because It&#8217;s much easier to see the procedure. It also stays in place much better than nylon thread.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spool-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-2-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Make a loop&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spool-3\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-3-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>pass the loose end around the cone&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spool-4\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-4-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>feed the loose end through the loop&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spool-5\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-5-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>pull on the loose end, just a little&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spool-6\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-6-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>feed the loose end behind itself&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spool-7\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-7.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-7-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>drop the loose end through the loop to make a knot&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spool-8\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-8.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-8-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>pull the loose end to tighten&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spool-9\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-9.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/spool-9-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Voil\u00e0!<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so this isn&#8217;t a mind blowing tutorial by any means, but this way is better than trying to tape the loose end of a cone of thread down, especially when it&#8217;s nylon thread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a way to deal with cones of thread to prevent them from unspooling all over the place. I&#8217;m using a spool of twine to demonstrate because It&#8217;s much easier to see the procedure. It also stays in place much better than nylon thread. Make a loop&#8230; pass the loose end around the cone&#8230; feed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/archives\/1403\">&#x276F;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1441,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}