Pako needle organiser for trade
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Pako needle organiser for trade
One of these:
So, I bought one of these thinking it'd really help me out with my willow tree project (36 colours) - but when I tried using it, I found that I *really* don't get on with it.
So, would anyone else like to give it a try? I've not got the box any more, but I have got the 10 cards that came with it, and only one is written/drawn on. I'd like to trade for some fabric or threads (either DMC or Anchor).
So, I bought one of these thinking it'd really help me out with my willow tree project (36 colours) - but when I tried using it, I found that I *really* don't get on with it.
So, would anyone else like to give it a try? I've not got the box any more, but I have got the 10 cards that came with it, and only one is written/drawn on. I'd like to trade for some fabric or threads (either DMC or Anchor).
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If i could, i would love it thanks.
I already have one but been meaning to get another, if u want someone to have it that aint got one thats fine hun.
I already have one but been meaning to get another, if u want someone to have it that aint got one thats fine hun.
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If you want it Sammy, it's yours. At least you already know you get on with it!
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It seems like Pako Organisers may be a "Marmite" item??
You either love 'em or hate 'em??
I'm slightly concerned because I bought one recently for use with my larger projects, but I haven't actually tried it yet. Watch this space
You either love 'em or hate 'em??
I'm slightly concerned because I bought one recently for use with my larger projects, but I haven't actually tried it yet. Watch this space
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Thanks hun, please pm me with what u want and ill get it sent off asap.
Daz i think ur right, i aint forgot about ur gold, i just can get it from the shop and im not well again and i really hope to get there on Tues as i have to go out ill or not to the joke shop (job centre).
Daz i think ur right, i aint forgot about ur gold, i just can get it from the shop and im not well again and i really hope to get there on Tues as i have to go out ill or not to the joke shop (job centre).
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Re: Pako needle organiser for trade
Seems that way to me; I bought this having read some fantastically enthusiastic reviews about it, I just found that I really tangled my threads up. Any I'm so used to rethreading my needle now it doesn't really bother me!Dazbo666 wrote:It seems like Pako Organisers may be a "Marmite" item??
You either love 'em or hate 'em??
I'm slightly concerned because I bought one recently for use with my larger projects, but I haven't actually tried it yet. Watch this space
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Hey Sammy,sammy_v wrote:Thanks hun, please pm me with what u want and ill get it sent off asap.
I'd love some evenweave fabric, it seems like I've got lots of aida but almost no evenweave - and I really like using it. As to count, colour, amount etc I'll leave that to your discretion
If you let me have your address I'll get the needle organiser in the post to you.
Caz x
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pm on its way to u hun
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Dazbo666 wrote:It seems like Pako Organisers may be a "Marmite" item??
You either love 'em or hate 'em??
I'm slightly concerned because I bought one recently for use with my larger projects, but I haven't actually tried it yet. Watch this space
I keep thinking about one of these so if you hate it, I'll test it out for you!
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Hm. Looks to me like another of those things you'd try once and then shove in a draw...
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Sammy, I've tried to PM you but not sure if it sent. Let me know?
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Not so! I love mine. I work on big projects by choice most of the time, and I have found this organizer to be so absolutely useful. Don't know how I'd manage now without it. OK, you have to bulk buy needles, I guess, but that's a small price to pay in terms of the time spent threading and rethreading. And it should come with a whole pack of the paper inserts so you can change the insert as you change from one project to another.Fljotsdale wrote:Hm. Looks to me like another of those things you'd try once and then shove in a draw...
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I agree Serinde! I have a card and magnet organiser but I think the Pako one would be much more convenient!.
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I actually have two of these and love them!!! I've had one of them for a few years. It definitely keeps me sane when doing the fractal with 78 colors. After DH finished the little mermaid xs for our daughter and started on the horses, he asked if I could get a pako for him because he thought it might be useful. I think he was surprised by how much he liked it. It all comes down to preference. My pako is set up for the fractal bookmark at the moment, but I have touched it in a few weeks because of working on the eagle for DH and the lighthouse for MIL. It would really be useful to use the Pako for the lighthouse.
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Gosh, i hope not! Eldest son just bought me one of these.Fljotsdale wrote:Hm. Looks to me like another of those things you'd try once and then shove in a draw...
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Oh dear! I didn't mean to say that would apply to everyone! Just to me!
I'm not what you would call an organised stitcher: I have the skeins of thread for my projects 'organised' into little plastic bags according to thread number (about 4 to a bag), which are stuffed into a largish sewing basket, along with 3 ice cube trays which are used for combined colours (each cube nicely labeled with symbol). I use one needle, and thread it as I go along, depositing unused lengths from needle into appropriate cube or wrapping around appropriate skein. Not at all what you ladies do! But I only have a very small space for my stitching, so it suits me. I wouldn't have enough room on the little table by my sewing chair for gadgets! It also has to provide space for the Radio Times, my book, my cuppa, my water bottle, my son's cup, and a bowl of fruit!
I'm not what you would call an organised stitcher: I have the skeins of thread for my projects 'organised' into little plastic bags according to thread number (about 4 to a bag), which are stuffed into a largish sewing basket, along with 3 ice cube trays which are used for combined colours (each cube nicely labeled with symbol). I use one needle, and thread it as I go along, depositing unused lengths from needle into appropriate cube or wrapping around appropriate skein. Not at all what you ladies do! But I only have a very small space for my stitching, so it suits me. I wouldn't have enough room on the little table by my sewing chair for gadgets! It also has to provide space for the Radio Times, my book, my cuppa, my water bottle, my son's cup, and a bowl of fruit!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVDUTAn6Ttg" target="_blank"
Watch Leonard and the young singer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye6JssTdnvw" target="_blank"
Cohen's son, Adam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP3PkLoMdI" target="_blank
Watch Leonard and the young singer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye6JssTdnvw" target="_blank"
Cohen's son, Adam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP3PkLoMdI" target="_blank
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I agree with you Fljotsdale. If I got one of these it would go in a dark corner never to be seen again. I don't mind changing thread as I go for me that keeps me organized. But there are so many that like to thread there needles in advance I can see where these would be a must.
As with so much it is a matter of choice and how we organize.
As with so much it is a matter of choice and how we organize.
If you are looking for some one to help change you, look in the mirror
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I'm like you, Fljotsdale, I've only got a small space to work in - so this turned out to be more of a liability than anything (and my threads got tangled, and then I was not a happy kitty...) The concept of it is good, and I'm sure that in the right circumstances it would be immensely useful - just those circumstances aren't mine at the moment!
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I think you sound Very organised! I have a huge muddle of stuff next to me on the settee so I think anything that makes me tidier is a good thing!!Fljotsdale wrote:Oh dear! I didn't mean to say that would apply to everyone! Just to me!
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Ive pmed u back hun, but im going away tonite for a week n i have ordered what u wanted and will send it out to u when i get back hun Thanks againKute Kitty wrote:Sammy, I've tried to PM you but not sure if it sent. Let me know?