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KnittingAngel Publish time 2015-3-26 22:08

How to Wind a Center Pull Ball of Yarn by Hand-part 1

Edited by Bleu at 2015-3-31 18:02

there are 2 ways of doing this
1. with a large knitting needle or a large size dowel [ a broom handle will do
2. or using your hand
i am discribing the hand method

prepair your yarn.
unwrapping the yarn. draping the looped yarn over a back of a chair can help keep the yarn more stable.

Hand Method
Hold one free end in your hand and drape the long end around your thumb as shown in picture 1.
Make your hand into a gun, and wrap the yarn in a figure 8 around thumb and finger. Continue in this method until you run out of room on your fingers!

Slide the stack of figure 8s off your finger and thumb and pinch together in the middle.
Pinch the yarn stack between finger and thumb, keeping the starting end draped over your thumb.You want to make sure as you wind the ball that this end remains free and accessible!
Start to wrap the yarn around this bunch in a circular motion to form a ball.Keep your thumb pinched into the middle as you wrap.
Continue wrapping the ball of yarn.You will quickly see it begin to resemble a proper ball and it will be easier to understand what you're doing.

I like to keep my thumb stuck into the center of the yarn where I started wrapping so I don't lose the free end.
Then I just wrap and turn, wrap and turn all around the ball until I'm out of yarn.
Finally, tuck in the end of the yarn you've been wrapping so it doesn't unravel.
Now you have a center-pull yarn ball.Take the center end that you kept free, and start your knitting from there!



i am very happy that i have a hand ball winder.

Iris14 Publish time 2020-7-17 03:39

Thankyouforsharing!

viky Publish time 2023-12-1 04:17

Good idea and instructions! Thank you very much for sharing!

juliamonadoan Publish time 2017-2-2 06:26

Wow! Have never known that it can be done like that!

lifesong Publish time 2017-7-10 00:31

Very nice,thank you very much for sharing.

nicoleie Publish time 2020-7-22 22:10

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

loveeluna Publish time 2015-11-28 14:05

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Eugeniasv Publish time 2020-11-15 02:26

Gracias por la explicacion

marja1 Publish time 2022-3-7 20:57

Wst een mooie methode Ook

Yusi26 Publish time 2016-11-9 05:08

Thank you for aportation

sondray Publish time 2016-9-4 00:48

thanks for other options.

toti1418 Publish time 2015-3-27 02:42

Gracias por la idea!

sharbeth Publish time 2015-3-27 03:07

good idea and instructions

tcca Publish time 2015-4-6 04:14

I do this too!

gala705 Publish time 2015-4-16 04:02

:) Спасибо!

denica Publish time 2015-4-16 23:37

        Thank you very much!{:3_52:}{:3_52:}{:3_52:}

Iichan Publish time 2015-4-19 11:11

Thank you !! Thisis perfect!

livia7785 Publish time 2015-4-25 17:34

Thanks For Sharing

landlady Publish time 2015-4-25 20:18

I do it this way.

anonymous84 Publish time 2015-5-1 06:18

now this is useful! thank you

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