For a handy way to have string at your fingertips, try this. Hang a cheap funnel as a dispenser, with the roll of twine or string in the top and the end running down through the spout. This is nice for kitchen, basement, garage shop, or garden. Just keep a small knife handy to cut the twine or string. This will also keep you from having tangles and knots in the string or twine. It might even work for yarn for knitting or crocheting.
By Ron from Cortez, CO
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Leave the label on the bottle. After cleaning and drying the bottle, replace the cap tightly. This keeps the bottle firm while piercing it with a knife. Then make a 1-1/2 inch cut along the top of the label with an X-acto knife.
This is a page about recycled rope or twine dispenser. An empty lint roller makes a perfect twine dispenser. You will no longer have to fight with a tangled ball of twine the next time you need it.
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Nail a funnel to the wall and pull string out of the bottom of the funnel.
