Yarn winding

Despite years of hints to my husband, I still don’t own a yarn swift and winder, so I thought I’d share my favorite technique for how to wind a yarn ball by hand! All you need is an empty paper towel roll, scissors, and a lovely skein of yarn. I’m winding this buttery soft Mamacha...Read the Post

When you start knitting or crocheting, you discover a new vocabulary around yarn. Here is a visual summary of the different types of yarn windings. HANK: Loop of yarn, fastened into a continuous circle with ties. FOLDED HANK: Hank folded in two with a label around it. TWISTED HANK: Hank twisted into a braid and folded

This is my go-to method for turning leftover yarn into a center-pull yarn ball. The process is fun, and it makes the leftover yarn much easier to store...

To wind a centre-pull ball of yarn by hand: 1. First, unwind a skein (hank) of yarn using either a swift, or just by draping the skein over my knees, and gradually unwinding it and dropping it loos…

A few weeks ago I signed up to an intriguing sounding workshop at the Heal's Tottenham Court Road store - "Cotton Winding". Definitely not something I'd

Tired of your yarn turning into a big tangled ball? Learn the right way to unwind a hank of yarn so you can get to making something.

Last update: November 6. Link and info on winding just by hand at the end of this post. If you have been knitting for awhile you might have found the irritation of having to wind a ball of yarn by …

This came about from a thread on knittinghelp.com. I mentioned how I create a center pull ball of yarn without using a store-bought yarn win...

Wind yarn into easy to use balls or cakes with these two yarn winding methods. Use a yarn swift and yarn ball winder and or my secret...

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How to wind a foolproof ball of center-pull yarn

You don't need any fancy equipment to wind your yarn into a center pull ball. All you need is a toilet paper or paper towel tube cut to a comfortable size, and your own two hands. Take the tail of your yarn and drop it down the tube until it pokes out the other end. Hold it in place until you have wrapped the yarn a few times. Just start winding the yarn around the tube. Wrap at an angle after the first few wraps, turning the tube every so often. Keep going until you have wound all of the…

Mini yarn windings

What? After this idea came across my feed on Facebook, I 'bout fell outta my chair! I had to give it a go. I already have ...

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Drill Powered Yarn Winder: I wanted to submit my own version of the drill powered yarn winder. It is basically a large bobbin winder. You will need: two plastic lids a straw duct tape drill

Here is a step by step tutorial on winding a centre pull ball of yarn from a skein.

I've discussed this before on the blog - the concept of winding up a skein of yarn on a warp device, tieing it off into separate hanks, dyeing it, placing the hanks back on the warp device and winding off into a skein. My first warp board idea was discussed in this post . My knit buddy Kristin,…