My Thread Stock

Use the My Thread Stock window of mySewnet™ Thread Cache to note the quantity that you have of each thread in the selected My Thread Database, and to print the list or upload it to the Thread Cache website, ready to view on your mobile device.

 

View the thread stock in a My Thread database

• In mySewnet™ Thread Cache click the My Thread Stock button, then choose a personal thread database in the My Thread Database pop-up menu.

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Viewing and Sorting Threads in a My Thread Database

1. In mySewnet™ Thread Cache click the My Thread Stock button.

2. Choose the desired My Thread database in the My Thread Database pop-up menu.

3. Click the Name column heading. The database is sorted by name.

You can sort by name, thread number, thread type, thread weight, number of spools, spool size and notes. You can also sort by Star threads (those you have highlighted).

4. Click the Reset Sort Order button. The list returns to its original order.

Note: This is the sort order that you set in the My Thread Databases window. See Change the Order of a My Thread Database.

5. Highlight a thread, and then click the Notes field for that thread to open it for editing.

Alternatively, double-click to open the Notes field.

6. Enter the text "5 spools needed" and press Return. The note is added to that thread.

7. Highlight a thread, and then click the Spools field for the thread.

8. Increase the number of spools for that thread by one and press Return. The spool number has changed.

Note: You can edit the Notes and the number of spools for threads individually.

9. Click the Quick Spool Count -1 button. The number of spools decreases by one.

The Quick Spool Count buttons are an alternative way to change the spool count.

10. Command–click to select three threads. All three are highlighted.

11. Click the Quick Spool Count +1  button. The number of spools increases by one for all three threads.
    This is a quick way of changing the number of spools for several threads.

12. With the three threads still selected, click the Edit Selected button to open the Edit Selected dialog.

13. Select (check) the "Set number of spools to all selected" checkbox.

14. Set the number of spools to 3, then click OK.

All three threads are now listed as having 3 spools.

15. With the three threads still selected, click the Edit Selected button again.

16. Select (check) the "Set spool size to all selected" checkbox.

17. Choose a different spool size from the pop-up menu.

Note: You can also use yards instead of meters as the measurement unit.

18. Select (check) the "Set notes to all selected" checkbox.

19. Enter the text "3 spools needed" in the Notes text box.

20. Click OK to close the dialog. The three selected threads now use a different spool size, and show the 3 spools note.

21. Click in the Star  column for the first of your selected threads. The thread is highlighted with a star.

22. Add a star to the other two edited threads.

23. Click the column header star to sort by this column. All of the highlighted threads are now listed together.

Note: This is a good way to review your highlighted threads.

24. Click the Reset Sort Order button. The list returns to its original order.

Thread Stock Information

View and edit the information for the threads in a My Thread database.

 

Star

Use a star to highlight a thread in the database, for example to order more spools.

• Click in the Star column for a thread. The thread is highlighted with a star.

Color

The color block for the thread.

Number

The thread number, with the abbreviation for the thread range.

Name

The manufacturer or personal thread name.

Type

The thread type. See Thread Type.

Weight

The thread weight. See Thread Weight.

Spools

The number of spools you have of the thread.

• Click the spool field and enter the number of spools you have of that thread.

• Click the Quick Spool Count buttons to add  a spool or remove a spool.

• Select several threads and click the Edit Selected button to change the number in the Edit Selected dialog. See Edit Selected.

Size

The length of thread on each spool.

• Select one or more threads and click the Edit Selected button to change the spool size for the thread(s) in the Edit Selected dialog.

Notes

Notes about the thread, for example the number of spools needed.

• Click the Notes field and add a note for the thread.

• Select several threads and click the Edit Selected button to add a note in the Edit Selected dialog.

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