Thread and yarn organizer

Claim 1

Apparatus for holding a flexible strand of yarn of indeterminate length, comprising a thin, substantially flat body of flexible thermoplastic material, said body including first and second end walls connected by side walls, said side walls tapering inwardly from said first and second end walls and defining a reduced waist about which a strand of yarn may be wound, said first end wall being substantially straight from side to side of said body and generally normal to the longitudinal axis thereof, a pair of oppositely facing substantially "J" shaped slits extending inwardly from said first end wall for receiving and frictionally retaining opposite ends of said yarn, each of said "J" shaped slits having a relatively straight portion and a hook portion, said straight portions being generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said body, a tongue cut from said body between said reduced waist and said second end wall, said tongue having substantially parallel sides which are generally parallel to said first end portion and having a free end, the base of said tongue being integrally connected to said body so that a portion of said tongue may be displaced out of the plane of said body to removably receive an indicia bearing member, said portion of said tongue being repositionable in the plane of said body to assist in frictionally retaining said member thereon, and said body having an opening located adjacent to said second end wall for hanging said body from a support member.