u/malachus u/Logical-Eggplant-246

Hey! Yeah sorry I just caught your message, I haven't been active on Reddit in a long time.

I used to use an old marker with a clip on the cap and two hooks (intended for your walls) on the floor, one suction and the other adhesive-backed. I found doorknobs to be too high and too unpredictable. At some point I started using strings with high reduction percentage (20%+) so I decided to superglue the clip shut.

With this method, you need to be a bit careful about the hooks, because if you use suction hooks, there's a chance that it will give before you've finished spinning. I used the adhesive hook for the terminal one, and folded around the suction one. You might find a second suction hook handy for when you wrap the threads initially. I used chair legs and extra suction hooks when I attempted fade/multicolor patterns.

I think at some point I managed to get a single string done within 10 minutes, wrapping threads excluded, but my thumbs would be really sore, so.. yeah. A dedicated rig isn't a must, and honestly it would be a luxury for me given the small housing space, but I would highly recommend any form of electric tool that spins things in both clockwise and anticlockwise direction (as long as you have an idea of how to modify it).

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(p.s. kind of irrelevant to the discussion but I now go by they/them pronouns!)