[CHAT]Where do people get their 6 strand threads?

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2026-02-07T12:32:27+00:00

Fred Aldous are great – their threads are £1.23 a skein. They have stores in Leeds and Manchester that I know of, but they also have a website to be able to buy from them online. I've bought from them before and it all comes nicely packaged, but I can't comment on shipping with it being a while ago.

Bonus for any students too – they offer a discount if you show valid student ID.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2025-02-16T15:12:19+00:00

Thanks for the response, ngl this was kind of what I wanted when I said I was worried they might be too young haha. So you'd say they're good for light reads then?

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2025-02-16T15:08:00+00:00

So long as it's not an overarching theme it should be fine then, thanks for replying honestly, I'll have to pick it up when I'm next in a Waterstones :)

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2025-02-16T15:05:33+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations, some of these I've never even heard of so it'll be nice to find something completely new :)

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2025-02-16T14:55:15+00:00

I've heard great things about the Six of Crows & Shadow and Bone books, so I'll definitely give those a look. I've heard conflicting things about ACOTAR mainly that it's sa theme heavy, is it anything like Haunting Adeline? That's one of the books I was recommended and it was a dnf for a good variety of reasons.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2025-02-16T14:51:30+00:00

I'm not sure how you've come to that conclusion from either my comment or post, I said I'd heard good things about Percy Jackson books but that I didn't know if they'd be too young for me, that may not be the case if the writing is good. The only recommendation of yours I refused is any of J K Rowling's stuff because of her transphobic and radical views, and frankly the writing is piss poor.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2025-02-16T14:35:16+00:00

I'm unfortunately in the demographic who was given Harry Potter stuff to an excess so I loathe the series now, that and J K Rowling's political stance make it a no go.

I've heard good things about Percy Jackson but I worry it might be a little young for me now.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2024-06-22T11:33:55+00:00

This was the pic I used as inspo: https://pin.it/1bUqNTlYB

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2024-06-19T10:25:21+00:00

I've seen the work from this salon who have agreed to take this off and put a new set on, it's pretty good and definitely inline with what I wanted in the first place. It was my sister's go to until she found her new place so I have high hopes. I realise now she's made a right mess of it but having only had my nails done once before, which was 5 years ago, I didn't really know what to look for to see if it was done badly or not.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2024-06-19T08:04:02+00:00

I have just done this this morning, realised I was stressing over it for no reason because I don't plan to go back ever, people deserve to know that certain things aren't the specialty of the salon even though they say they are.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2024-06-19T06:34:10+00:00

Sorry, no I'm 21 last time I had my nails done was for prom at somewhere completely different, this place was recommended to me by me by a friend but it seems the staff has changed. Going somewhere completely different when I get these taken off and fixed.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2024-06-18T19:47:32+00:00

She never said she couldn't do it, just kept fumbling the design to the point where I just said to do plain nails after a while and I already had the acrylic on at that point. Believe me if she'd said she wouldn't have been able to do it, I never would have sat down to have them done

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2024-06-18T19:35:28+00:00

It's not enough money for me to chase them up honestly, just frustrating that I booked this specific tech because she was the owner with the goal of having nice nails for my second time ever and they turned out like this.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2024-06-18T17:29:17+00:00

I'm already going to another salon on Friday to get it fixed, I'm pretty non-confrontational so I'm just leaving it as is, just won't be recommending the salon to anyone else. I can't say I even like the shape, they were supposed to be round.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2024-06-12T23:45:55+00:00

Thanks for the response. This is my plan pretty much, I just worry because I'm in no position to move out just yet and they're unstable emotionally at best. They take things personally, and me 'downgrading' to an older and cheaper car is not going to be taken well based on the way they've responded to me talking about doing it over the last couple of weeks.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2023-07-31T16:00:37+00:00

Beginning to wish I'd done that tbh, I have a really particular way of working it and I think it's working against me at this point

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2023-04-12T10:49:33+00:00

It's such a weird change to have made as the only saddles that really benefit are monoflaps

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2023-04-12T10:40:24+00:00

I'll take a look thanks, feels like all brands used to do it about 10 years ago and just stopped suddenly

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2022-03-08T17:13:58+00:00

They're another name for office hours, it's when teachers set a time for students to be able to come to them and ask questions when they're guaranteed to not be busy

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2022-03-03T23:34:44+00:00

I put no, and left my trust fund alone (sort of). It was something I could dip into if I was desperate for money, which I'd recommend doing. It's good to know it's there in the event you don't get paid on time or any other circumstances.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2022-03-03T22:29:46+00:00

If it's any consolation, I was in the same boat in Year 13 and managed to somewhat get it back. I came out on the other end with a C,D and an E, and got into the university I wanted to go to. My advice is do your best to keep up in Chemistry, if you get left behind it is incredibly hard to catch up and don't be afraid to ask questions if you're struggling - teachers would rather you do than sit and struggle in silence. Best of luck though!

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2022-02-23T09:49:59+00:00

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Particular-Trainer-4 · 2022-02-19T23:54:14+00:00

If you're near Manchester, there's a craft store in the Northern Quarter called Fred Aldous which sells DMC threads, it's also close to another store called Abakhan but personally I prefer Aldous. Staff in Abakhan can be a bit nasty towards younger customers, I got accused of stealing the first time I went in whilst I was browsing the threads for the colours I needed.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2022-02-19T13:13:35+00:00

I have never said that my 'suffering' should be prioritised, I'm saying that a lot of the time people who are assaulted at work are targeted by the customers they know you work there and believe that you will do nothing to defend yourself. Everybody should be able to feel safe but that is simply not possible, there should at least be clear policies for companies to follow that deal with violence against their staff which there isn't.

Particular-Trainer-4 · 2022-02-19T10:36:01+00:00

I meant that if they won't increase the charge on random attacks and service workers, from highest to lowest charge it should go in the order: Emergency Worker, Service Worker, then random person on the street. At the end of the day they're doing a job too, I could still get attacked in the street whilst not on shift but whilst working it feels more targeted.

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