spools with nowhere to hook end of thread

I was having trouble with spools that had nowhere to hook the end of the thread between uses. I discovered a great solution at the pharmacy. It is called a Medi-Ring and it snaps around a pill bottle so you can label it. It turns out it works great to snap around a spool of thread. It keeps that thread from coming loose. Problem solved!
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I think the slit is missing since many machines now feed off a horizontal spool and the slit catches the thread. It can create a bit of the mess in the drawer but at least not on the machine.
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