Learning how to ball yarn is a useful skill for managing skeins or hanks, making them easier to work with and store. While there are various methods, one common approach involves creating a central core to wrap the yarn around.
Beginning Your Yarn Ball
According to the provided reference, the initial step in balling yarn using a hand-wrapping method focuses on creating this foundational core. The process begins with preparing a guide, such as your finger.
Here's how the reference describes the very start:
- Fold it in half (referring to your finger or chosen guide).
- Next, wrap your yarn about five times around it this way (following the specific wrapping pattern shown in the method).
- Completing these first few wraps creates a shape described as a little bow or the ears of the bow.
This initial structure acts as the base. Once this small core is formed, you would typically continue wrapping the yarn around it, rotating the core periodically to build a spherical shape, although the provided reference details only this starting step.
