Finding the end of the yarn?
OK, I have a silly question. I've been doing a little more knitting lately and starting some new projects since I'm finishing old ones. How on earth do you find the end of the ball of yarn? Is there a trick to it that I don't know? I can usually find the outside one, but the inside one is much harder. My reference books are no help, which makes me think it should be self-explanatory...but somehow it's not.
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Quite often what knitters I know do is, even if it comes wound in a ball instead of in a loose skein (which is better for the yarn by the way, the loose skein for storage), they rewind the yarn to a center pull ball themselves. That way you know where both ends are.
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
Why?
Why do you need to know where the other end is?? I'm confused (it doesn't take much
)
always good to know
1) When you pull the yarn from the center of the ball if you drop it, it doesn't roll away.
2) Sometimes when you're knitting something up you are using two strands at once, and rather than have two balls of yarn it's easier to use both ends.
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
Thanks!
I guess that would explain it, then.
I did find a webpage on rewinding yarn, so maybe I'll try that next time instead of using the outside end and complaining. 
now I understand...
I never even thought of using the 'inside' end before. Good idea!
a related question
I made something out of what was allegedly a center-pull ball, and the thing kept knotting and tangling. Was I doing something wrong, or was the ball wound wrong? This has happened twice, but I've also done it successfully before and don't think I did anything different.
Hm.
Could be anything but probably was wound funky.
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
Instructions
Winding a center-pull ball on a nostepinne. You don't need an official nostepinne; they give ideas for alternates.
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
find the end
I usually just grab a hunk of yarn from the centre and pull....
Kate
winding a center pull ball FAST
Nostepinnes are great. So are ball winders like these that operate on tne nostepinne principle, but are hand cranked. You end up with a center pull ball in about two minutes.
If you buy yarn fairly often that is not already done up in a neat skein like I do, you really need one of these or a friend who has one and likes to share (you know who you are).
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yes I do. :)
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
how do you make a center-pull ball?
I would LOVE to know how to make one, as I will be needing to knit with two strands and I hate having to roll and knit with two seperate bals.
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