One of the re-enactors at Historic Williamsburg (she is doing tambour embroidery) plaits her crewel wool to keep it tidy until she needs it. Then she just pulls a strand from the braid. Use the side arrows to see more, including her tool box and needlepoint.
https://www.facebook.com/CWhistorictrades/photos/pcb.308665706155297/308663829488818/?type=3&theater
UPDATE: Mary Corbet does something similar with a skein of DMC floche.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2016/10/how-to-tame-a-big-hank-of-floche.html
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