Treat or trick

I won't bore y'all with yet another post with the tortuous details of my
monks cloth afghan project. However, I will tell you that my den floor
has been covered with piles of ebay wool from which I pick colors. The
'winners' are then arranged on the top of a cabinet and soon devolve
into a tangled mess. I own a gazillion and three of holey organizers.
After extracting a length, I rarely take the time to put the floss/wool
neatly back into the holes.

A light bulb went off -- drape the lengths on something similar to a
spool rack. Before the light bulb dimmed too much, I hopped on over to
Joann's ... quickly rejected spool racks -- the draped strands would be
too long to not get tangled ... a smaller bulb lit so I strolled over to
the knitting section to look at the looms -- a long straight loom
practically jumped into my hands.

Right now one side is almost covered with different shades of green. The
back side isn't usable because it's sitting on my cabinet. If I or you
can figure out how to attach this thing to a free standing something, we
could split the profits once we patent the idea ;-)

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anne wrote:


Right now one side is almost covered with different shades of green. The
back side isn't usable because it's sitting on my cabinet. If I or you
can figure out how to attach this thing to a free standing something, we
could split the profits once we patent the idea ;-)


Would it clamp onto this:
http://a-to-z-needlepoint.com/products/k's-metalfloor.shtml

I rarely use mine to hold a frame, since I rarely use a frame, but I
often use it to hold the pattern where I can see it. I think holding a
floss organizer is an equally noble use.

Elizabeth
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Dr. Brat says...

Would it clamp onto this:
http://a-to-z-needlepoint.com/products/k's-metalfloor.shtml

It would but it's a bit more than I want to spend. I'm thinking of
something with a small footprint, along the lines of a modified toilet
paper stand:
http://www.comforthouse.com/toil.html

Someone who's handy with a hammer and nails could put one together for a
pittance.

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another anne, add ingers to reply

On Mar 4, 9:22*pm, anne wrote:
I won't bore y'all with yet another post with the tortuous details of my
monks cloth afghan project. However, I will tell you that my den floor
has been covered with piles of ebay wool from which I pick colors. The
'winners' are then arranged on the top of a cabinet and soon devolve
into a tangled mess. I own a gazillion and three of holey organizers.
After extracting a length, I rarely take the time to put the floss/wool
neatly back into the holes.

A light bulb went off -- drape the lengths on something similar to a
spool rack. Before the light bulb dimmed too much, I hopped on over to
Joann's ... quickly rejected spool racks -- the draped strands would be
too long to not get tangled ... a smaller bulb lit so I strolled over to
the knitting section to look at the looms -- a long straight loom
practically jumped into my hands.

Right now one side is almost covered with different shades of green. The
back side isn't usable because it's sitting on my cabinet. If I or you
can figure out how to attach this thing to a free standing something, we
could split the profits once we patent the idea ;-)

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another anne, add ingers to reply

Ihave old metal legs of a Singer machine, on which i attached a naroow
wooden plank , and this can be used for all kinds of tools to be
attached to either by clams or screws etc,,,
if you don`t have any metal feet , a Plain Big plank can be used ,,
attach frame to it and you can store it on it`s side when bot using
it ,
mirjam

On 3/4/08 7:40 PM, in article ,
"anne" wrote:

Dr. Brat says...

Would it clamp onto this:
http://a-to-z-needlepoint.com/products/k's-metalfloor.shtml

It would but it's a bit more than I want to spend. I'm thinking of
something with a small footprint, along the lines of a modified toilet
paper stand:
http://www.comforthouse.com/toil.html

Someone who's handy with a hammer and nails could put one together for a
pittance.
How about one those cheap folding wooden drying racks?

C

Cheryl Isaak says...
How about one those cheap folding wooden drying racks?

Unfortunately, there's no space for something like that the way the room
is currently arranged
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