Winding

**theworm**[$] · #1 07-06-2008, 01:32 PM

In just a few more weeks we'll be moving again. This time should be the last move in a very very long time! I love the new house and can't wait to get into it. This rental house was a real stroke of luck when we found it, and it's been a great house for us in a great neighborhood! It is, however, somewhat too small for us and our things - including my stash.

My yarn containment system here was less perfect than that if Florida and far inferior to what we're planning for the new house - so my stash is somewhat messy and disorganized. I could shove it all in a big bin (or should I say 10 big bins?) and deal with it later, but this morning I had the brilliant idea of pulling out the yarn wider and turning this tangled mess of yarn into delightfully neat little yarn pucks that I can pack up and move to my new yarn containment system in the new house.

I love love love my yarn-winder, but winding more than 2 balls at a time, and winding when a wonderful new project it not imminent is somewhat mind numbing. I'm not sure how much of this stash I can do before my brain turns to oatmeal.

So I suppose the lesson is that I shouldn't maintain a stash, but buy yarn as I need it and make scrap-projects in between. Yeah, right!

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**lynnzop**[$] · #2 07-06-2008, 02:22 PM

You're building a "yarn containment system" into your new house. That speaks volumes.

**mjfrombuffalo**[$] · #3 07-06-2008, 02:59 PM

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lynnzop said

That speaks volumes.

In more ways than one!!!!

What is a "yarn puck"?

mj
whose yarn containment system so far is a tote bag and a shoebox

**theworm**[$] · #4 07-06-2008, 06:09 PM

Oh, I had a yarn containment system in Florida, but I outgrew it. This one will be better.

MJ - I have this yarn winder:

When you wind the yarn, it makes center pull "pucks" that look like these:

They're neat to store, and the yarn pulls out from the center, so it stays neat and is easy to use in my little yarn bag. When the "puck" gets really small, it sort of collapses, but its nice to store and work with this way.

Often when I buy a center pull skein, I'll work straight from the skein and then wind when the skein if half gone, but if the skein won't pull from the center, or if you ever buy yarn in a hank, it's much easier to wind this way, and it's neat to store. I generally only wind after I've used some of the skein.

I got my winder at Joann's with a 40% coupon. They're expensive (you don't want the cheap one - I hear they break), but if you ever (unhem) get really into crocheting, you may want one of these.

**thinkerlady**[$] · #5 07-07-2008, 12:34 AM

Now I wind my yarn into a ball. No, I don't get a center pull, but it works. I have never seen or heard of yarn winder!!!
I always try to use a center pull on a new skein. When I get around to making "the ball", I usually don't have a whole lot of yarn left from that skein.
This is a very incredible invention Wormie!!

**theworm**[$] · #6 07-07-2008, 10:23 AM

There is a way to wind center pull balls. I have the link saved somewhere. I'll find it for you.

**thinkerlady**[$] · #7 07-07-2008, 12:44 PM

Really?? Thanks!!

Also, I started your sweater this weekend. It is looking good. I will try to get Missy to photo it before I give it away.