A yarn tip

motherpink · 06-22-2009, 03:37 PM

When I start a new ball of yarn I always start fron the inside of the ball never from the outside of it.

What I mean is I get the strad of yarn from the middle of the ball, I find it easier to control the ball than me keep flicking the ball in the air to loosing the amount I want.

Jan in CA · 06-22-2009, 08:46 PM

I do that as well, but not all skeins will do this some need to be rewound and hanks won't work at all. They have to be wound.

linknit41 · 06-23-2009, 12:14 AM

yeah,that's good idea to start from the middle of a ball, but it isn't always easy to find the end! and sometimes you pull out a great tangle of yarn in the process, and have to wind it back up. i once was given an old skein of Red Heart fingering yarn, and lo and behold, there was a little red foil heart attached to the end of the yarn, which made it so easy to use. wonder why this idea didn't persist? linknit41