pull-out skeins

[JazzHooked]

Well tried the poking around method today on two smaller skeins. After having duh moment like remove the label first, I did manage to find the centers in those two. Was quite pleasantly surprised. However I am using two huge turkey size balls of yarn as well, I cannot even reach to the middle.

while house cleaning Sunday I had a minor freak-out cuz i had so many small unfinished projects laying around. In a desperate attempt to clean house (i swear, i was cleaning house, NOT crocheting...ok i WAS crocheting but it was in ORDER to clean house....really) I slammed thru 5 small unfinished projects. in the process I had to start 4 different skeins, and on not a ONE of them did either method work. 2 of the new skeins I had to spend around 15 minutes each getting the resulting knot untangled. one of them continues to tangle so badly still, despite having used up approx 1/3 of the skein.

[Shandeh]

....I had to start 4 different skeins, and on not a ONE of them did either method work. 2 of the new skeins I had to spend around 15 minutes each getting the resulting knot untangled. one of them continues to tangle so badly still, despite having used up approx 1/3 of the skein.

Interesting....
I never have a problem.

Are you very gently pulling it out, or doing it quickly?
If you do it slowly and gently, it won't tangle. Just keep gently pulling the threads apart when you slowly pull out the center, and you should easily find the center strand.

[dogfoster]

Tackled the turkey skein today. Now I have myriad balls of yarn, a huge yarn tangle, and a turkey size skein with half its innards pulled out. I had to cut some of it to get it untangled.Trying to work out of the tangle then cut the end when finishing, then cannot find the end of it. Twice doing that, at least I got smart enough to tie different color piece of yarn on that so I can find it. Was very frustrated, esp. having read clue #4 with all those popcorns.
But after I decided to make those motifs two colors, and I really like them, I have sailed along and almost finished with them all. Will still have lots of lavender turkey skin with innards, little balls, but no tangle.

[lialab]

I guess I should take a lottery ticket!!I must be lucky! So far, I had at least 6 skeins (waverly yarn) with the tail sticking out, so no problem for me

[JazzHooked]

Tackled the turkey skein today. Now I have myriad balls of yarn, a huge yarn tangle, and a turkey size skein with half its innards pulled out. I had to cut some of it to get it untangled.Trying to work out of the tangle then cut the end when finishing, then cannot find the end of it. Twice doing that, at least I got smart enough to tie different color piece of yarn on that so I can find it. Was very frustrated, esp. having read clue #4 with all those popcorns.
But after I decided to make those motifs two colors, and I really like them, I have sailed along and almost finished with them all. Will still have lots of lavender turkey skin with innards, little balls, but no tangle.

this sound suspiciously like that I've been fighting with - one of those huge skeins by Sensational....this particular one is a "twist". i will NEVER try to use the pull-out method on one of THOSE skeins again...not only did i get a hopeless tangle, but once i did get it undone and started crocheting, it kept happening again...the yarn keeps felting with itself as it pulls out, and i end up with a nightmare.

and, to top it off, i had to pull out all the work I did (about 2/3 of a skein!) cuz it was a round afghan pattern and it was ruffling. I need to redo it, and change a few stitches...i WILL do it, cuz i'm stubborn, but it's been set aside until I have time to reroll the whole darn thing.

jaz

[Shandeh]

this sound suspiciously like that I've been fighting with - one of those huge skeins by Sensational....this particular one is a "twist". i will NEVER try to use the pull-out method on one of THOSE skeins again...not only did i get a hopeless tangle, but once i did get it undone and started crocheting, it kept happening again...the yarn keeps felting with itself as it pulls out, and i end up with a nightmare.

I had that happen once. I made it work a tiny bit better by doing this:

When I got to the end of a row, I cut the yarn. Then I worked my fingers through the center of the skein from the OTHER SIDE of the skein, and pulled the yarn end through to the other side. It seemed to flow a little easier from the other side.

I don't know why it helped, but it did.

[riverpearl]

I have SOoooo had this happen. Feels like you're in the middle of a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle all of a sudden.

[joyousday]

I am one of those that roll the skein onto a ball before I start. really got tired of what Jaz was talking about. I always for some reason or another got huge knots in the middle of the skein when I pulled it out. I would get so frustrated here I am knitting and then I get stuck with a tangled mess and have to spend time on that when I want to be So now I just roll it into a ball before I start and I don't get a headache in the middle of my project

My LYS will roll my hanks when I purchase them

[missdarling22]

....I had to start 4 different skeins, and on not a ONE of them did either method work. 2 of the new skeins I had to spend around 15 minutes each getting the resulting knot untangled. one of them continues to tangle so badly still, despite having used up approx 1/3 of the skein.

Interesting....
I never have a problem.

Are you very gently pulling it out, or doing it quickly?
If you do it slowly and gently, it won't tangle. Just keep gently pulling the threads apart when you slowly pull out the center, and you should easily find the center strand.

I've never had this bad of a problem either except on one skein of pound of love! About a third of the way thru I got a little knot and it took me a bit to untangle but no biggie it was during baptisms and I didn't have kids bugging me!!

Darn auto correct on my iPhone! It was during nap time not baptisms!!!

[Shandeh]

Darn auto correct on my iPhone! It was during nap time not baptisms!!!