I’m so excited to tell you, Whitney of Whisker Graphics is now selling a very cool new version of the old traditional baker’s twine, in two unique colors. She promises more to come if these do well, so check this out.

Photo: Whisker Graphics

I received mine early this week and it’s gorgeous. It’s thicker than basic baker’s twine, which I love. Traditional twine is more like thread and I’ve been looking for something more like a light yarn.

Her twine is so soft and easy to work with, I decided to make a doily or two, just for fun.

It took almost exactly the 15 yards to make these coaster size doilies. This is actually how I’m storing these for use. When I need some twine, I’ll unravel a bit of it as I need to. In the meantime, I have a pretty lacy thing to hang on the wall in my workspace.

I have more that I’m storing wrapped around clothespins and tucked inside a mason jar with the rest of my novelty threads & strings.

Why clothespins? Clip the starting end and it stays in place to wrap. Then, leaving a little at the “nose” of the clip exposed gives me a place to “pinch” the end so it doesn’t come unraveled.

Finally, the clips will stand on their “legs” and even rest on the edge of a box or jar while I’m using it, so it unwinds easily, without bouncing all over, as a traditional spool would do.