[Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn

[Paulette Vickery]

That figure eight information is really interesting. Now I know why, when I
give in to temptation and just grab that cute little piece of yarn waving at
me from the end of the skein and have trouble, why I am having that problem.
I am glad that I wind from the outside and make  balls of yarn most of the
time.

Paulette

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Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 5:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn

I spoke with a friend of mine and she explained why I was told to start at
the end of the skein and not the middle! Each manufacturer wraps their yarn
differently. With some of the yarns, if one pulls from the middle, things
will go just fine, but some manufacturers have figure eights going through
the yarn which will cause lots of tangles. She stated that if the center
piece of yarn is buried within the yarn itself and hard to get to, that
means one eng of the skein has a lengthy piece of yarn with needs to be used
to wrap into a ball. Anyone spinnning yarn will know which isde is going
with and which side is going against the grain! With the finished product,
she said that with the eye it is very hard to detect from where someone
began working with the yarn and one would need a microscope! The yarn I had
been purchasing for my afghans has the figure eights going through the yarn
and that's why I have been told to start at the end.

I had started in the middle not knowing about the figure eights and my yarn
became badly tangled. With the yarn I'm using now, I couldn't find a center
piece of yarn as it was imbedded into the skein! A friend who was here
visiting looked at it and surely enough, she told me that the strand of yarn
was visible at one end and I was to start there! She's a crocheter, but
teaches her daughter to knit! So I was told that if I stt from the middle
and fiind the figure eights to be his careful if I want to continue, but to
expect to find problems throughout the yarn. Now, again, this is just the
information given to me by those who are long-term knitters so don't shoot
me for just sharing the explanations I'm offering. I'm never said people
shouldn't take from the middle! I only spoke of myself as it's not my
decision as to what others do! Smiles! Besides, I could get ya into mischief
if you follow me! Just teasing, of course, but I do be to have fun! Grins!

Hugs



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From: greatfulsion_happiness <sober512 at earthlink.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2013 12:33 pm
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn

>
>
> I had always started from the center pull and not the outside. I know 
> better next time.
> 
> Portia
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