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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Mon Oct 21, 2013, 03:34 PM Oct 2013

Yarn people - what am I missing here? [View all]

I've bought some premium yarns that come in a twisted skein;

I've never figured out how to roll the yarn into a ball easily. I untwist the skein and end up with a large loop, but the thread seems to be entangled with itself. To wind it I end up having to follow a path through the skein.

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Yarn people - what am I missing here? [View all] hedgehog Oct 2013 OP

Find a yarn friend who owns a SheilaT Oct 2013 #1

I don't think those would work with the problem I'm running into - hedgehog Oct 2013 #2

the loop of yarn shanti Oct 2013 #3

I just grabbed a photo off the net of the kind of skein I'm having problems with. hedgehog Oct 2013 #4

At the risk of being redundant, invest in SheilaT Oct 2013 #9

That's why pipi_k Oct 2013 #5

Ah-ha! I didn't realize that the problem was that I am grabbing the wrong end! hedgehog Oct 2013 #6

Yep... pipi_k Oct 2013 #7

I don't understand people who say they are bored! hedgehog Oct 2013 #8

Me neither...or pipi_k Oct 2013 #10