http://blog.yarn.com/tuesdays-tip-how-to-wind-a-center-pull-ball/ Follow Owners Kathy & Steve Through Their Adventures in Yarn And Life Tue, 21 May 2013 18:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blog.yarn.com/tuesdays-tip-how-to-wind-a-center-pull-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-12292 Arachne646 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=10744#comment-12292 The pill bottle also can fasten a tail of yarn inside, to make sure a free tail stays available for a centre pull. The longest pill bottle the pharmacy has is best. The bottle also keeps a space in the middle that helps compensate if you wind too tightly. Don't stretch the yarn! Before I got my ball winder I was winding quite nice yarn cakes on pill bottles. The pill bottle also can fasten a tail of yarn inside, to make sure a free tail stays available for a centre pull. The longest pill bottle the pharmacy has is best. The bottle also keeps a space in the middle that helps compensate if you wind too tightly. Don’t stretch the yarn! Before I got my ball winder I was winding quite nice yarn cakes on pill bottles.

]]> http://blog.yarn.com/tuesdays-tip-how-to-wind-a-center-pull-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-12277 Laura Zinn Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:19:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=10744#comment-12277 I continue to wind over my fingers as I use up the rest of the yarn. It makes me feel more confident that I'm not stretching the yarn as I wind (or at least that when I remove my fingers, the yarn can relax). I continue to wind over my fingers as I use up the rest of the yarn. It makes me feel more confident that I’m not stretching the yarn as I wind (or at least that when I remove my fingers, the yarn can relax).

]]> http://blog.yarn.com/tuesdays-tip-how-to-wind-a-center-pull-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-12276 Ardosa Carboni Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:57:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=10744#comment-12276 i take a pill bottle, pair of chopsticks, or anything else round/oval and just leave a tail and get it started.The yarn is bigger than the pill bottle but it gets it started and stable and if i have to, i can pull off and keep winding. i take a pill bottle, pair of chopsticks, or anything else round/oval and just leave a tail and get it started.The yarn is bigger than the pill bottle but it gets it started and stable and if i have to, i can pull off and keep winding.

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