Things I learned today, while sorting through my Granny’s thread stash:

• I love knolling (although technically this wasn’t knolling, as I wasn’t arranging everything at 90 degree angles..but they were round things, so some leeway would apply, yes?)
• I have a peculiar affinity for button thread — every time I find a spool I squee inside. I have no idea why.
• I desperately want my thread spools to be tidy so it angers me beyond reason when manufacturers don’t put that little slit in for the loose end of the thread to go into.  It’s such a tiny thing! Why wouldn’t they just do it always? (I forgive the wooden spools, but the plastic ones have no excuse!)
• Very little orange thread, despite much of this coming from the 70s. Though I did hate the orange crayon, I don’t know why Granny had so little.
• I have such a sense of knowing her through this ritual– so much of her love was expressed through sewing (and cooking)

Also, I have a veritable museum of thread types:

• American Thread Co.
  • Geneva Glace Finish
  • Star Mercerized (Will Boil) – I am getting the sense that boiling thread was a big deal?
• Belding Corticelli Pure Silk Buttonhole Twist
• Brother Embroidery Thread (Made in Japan) — I think this one must have been mine
• Centennial 100% Spun Polyester Sewing Thread Best Value in 200 Yrs
• J&P Coats
  • Dual Duty Plus – NEW! Dacron Cotton Wrapped 25¢
  • ​J&P Coats Dual Duty Plus – Mercerized Cotton Covered Polyester 99¢
  • Finesse

• Coats & Clark
  • Mercerized Sewing – Boilfast (™) 15¢
  • Pure Silk Twist​
  • All Purpose – Dual Duty
  • Super Sheen 15¢
• Fruit of the Loom Spun Polyester
• Gütermann
  • 100% Polyester
  • Dekor 100% Viscose
• Lily
  • Lint-Free
  • Nylon Seaming Size A 25¢
• Mettler
  • Quilting Cotton Mercerized
  • Metrosene
  • Silk Finish Cotton Sheen

• Molnlycke Spun Syntet
• Molnlycke Wrights 100% Polyester (Did someone buy someone else?)
• Notion
• Stitch N’ Time Polyester
• Suisse (™) Symbol of Excellence Long Fiber Polyester 60¢
• Super-Spun (™) Polyester – The Perfect Thread for All Fabrics 75¢
• Talon
  • Polyspun Permanent Press
  • PolyPlus 100% Dacron (for permanent press knit stretch)
  • Mercerized Sewing Colorfast 25¢ (and 15¢ – both 125 yards! Price hike!)
• Trusew 100% Spun Polyester
• Zayre Dept. 94

Sorted.