[Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn

[sunshine]

Friends of mine who are sighted have all told me to start with the yarn at the end of the skein and not the middle! So far, my finished products look as they should. I checked with a friend this afternoon to be sure I heard correctly and that's what I was told. Also, I read that when doing loom knitting, instead of using two skeins of yard, one can be used taking the yarn from each end. Smiles! I think there are varying methods for doing things, but the product results are the same after to what is seen visually, so I am told. I can't vouch for it because I can't see. Only the messenger here!

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----- Original Message -----
From: Paulette Vickery <paulette at evickery.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Date: Friday, March 29, 2013 6:14 pm
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn

>
>
> The main reason you should wind yarn balls from the outside of the skein
> toward the inside is that pull skeins are would at the factory to be pulled
> and used from the middle out. When yarn is made, especially with yarn made
> from natural fibers, the  grain, so to speak, of the yarn is all going in
> the same direction. You need to use the yarn with the grain going away from
> the needle or hook. That way, it will feel better, work better as you make
> the project and look better. Pull skeins are made so that the yarn on the
> outside of the skein is going in the right direct for winding. The people
> who wound the pull skein assumed that you would use from the center out so
> they made sure to wind the yarn with the grain going in that direction.
> 
> Paulette
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of sunshine
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 9:42 AM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn
> 
> Hi, Becky!
> 
> I from found that it's best to roll the yarn into balls as in so doing if
> there are tangles, they can be gotten more easily! I also find that it's
> best to take the yarn from the end of the skein as opposed to taking from
> the middle. From the middle, the yarn because knotted easily. Also, I've
> discovered that some of the yarn just isn't spun as well. Most knots and
> beoops can be removed easily! Actually, I use the point of a stylus and thus
> far I have been successful in removing even the smallest knots! Smiles! In
> any case, knock on wood, my yarn products have not been tangled as of late!
> Just because I said that, it'll happen! Smiles!
> 
> Hugs
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:01 pm
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn
> 
> >
> >
> > How about tips to help skeins of yarn not be so grumpy. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I have had large pounders, to small few ouncers, act grumpy, tangle, 
> > knot etc.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > If a knot comes out the first thing I do is shake it.  The yarn before 
> > the knot and after the knot I shake and it will usually untangle 
> > itself. If it doesn't there wil be a little loop near the top of the 
> > knot near where you are pulling the yarn out to make your item. Just 
> > gently work the yarn with your fingers and it will untangle. Sometime 
> > near that top loop is a peace of yarn wrapped around the knot. Just 
> > unloosen that loop and the tangle former knot will come out.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I have heard that some people kind of pull the skein before using it 
> > to loosen, I assume the fibers. I have not tried this.  .
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > There is always pulling the yarn from the outside of a skein.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > There is always roling the yarn in a ball.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I am working from a pounder of baby yarn from the middle.So far no 
> > tangles, just one knot joining yarn done in the factory.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Any more ideas how to deal with yarn tangles?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Warm smiles,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Becky and Jake
> > 
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