Hi! Welcome to knit with Hannah. I
I'm Hannah, today we are winding yarn into a
ball. If you've got leftovers you need to
do something with it- we'll be doing this by hand
Hi welcome to Knit with Hannah. I'm Hannah
I'm here with knitting natter to help you
learn to knit the easy way.
We are winding yarn into a ball today I've got
three methods for you
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we're gonna use three methods to wind up
yawn like this the end of a ball of yarn
can just sometimes sit around get into
a knot and just look a mess really you
don't know where it is what it's doing
I've had a couple of videos last year
which shows you how to wind yarn
differently and how to store it so this
is more methods if you want to do it in
different ways then it's useful for
different types of yarn I mean look at
this yarn comes in different ways from
the from the shop as well you go out and
buy yarn it comes in different ways I'm
going to show you how to wind up all of
your answer it looks like this and it
will be a center pull you can do use
three methods it's all generally the
same idea just using three different
tools so yes if you want your yarn to
look like this very professional and you
can what you can pull the yarn from the
center when you're using it then it will
be a great idea for you to get ready
learn how to do this and you'll use it
over and over and over again be warned I
seem to have this obsession now wherever
I've cut your leftover that isn't happy
I'm not happy with this I'm looking at
this going it needs to be wound up yes
kind of obsessive any yarn that's left
over goes into a nice neat ball so I
can use it again so yes and I will show
you and I will let you know what I use
these small balls for as well because
they are very useful just having the
ends of yarn can be really useful
sometimes right let's get to it I'll
show you how to wind your yarn into a ball
by hand all right then what I'm going to
do is just leave myself at the end
because I want this to be the pull that
comes out of the middle of the yarn and
I am going to use my thumb to create
this ball that it's going to be
spindle so to speak and it's this simple
I hold the short end in my wrist in my
in my palm like that close it tight with
these fingers and then I start using my
thumb and my forefinger to hold the yarn
in place right so I'm going to start
moving this around my thumb in a
diagonal direction you can see that
going from bottom right to top left from
bottom right to top left and this may
feel a bit awkward to start with but
very quickly when you see that is
starting to set in place the direction
of play that yarn is actually quite
happily doing that quite automatically
now it's going from bottom right to top
left bottom right to top left and as I
hold that in place with my forefinger
just slightly twist it I can do a few
more wraps just easily I'll let that set
in place as well it's nice and loose no
way you want this tie it on your thumb
because you want the yarn to be loose
inside the ball it's the whole idea of
winding it by hand it's much looser it's
much easier to hold in place much easier
to store it as well it's not going to be
stretched once you start using it so we
just keep doing this and we go from
right to left right to top left bottom
right to top left bottom right top left
and you just twist it a little bit
occasionally and you will see that it
grows very quickly and we get through
this kind of ball quite quickly too.
right I'm going to do this speed up now
so you can watch the process just easy
peasy
going through the ball like this now on
my thumb- I would be using my thumb as a
spindle for DK yarn 4 ply yarn and Aran
weight yarn she get much thicker then
it's not so comfortable actually you run
out of thumb because the yarn needs a
larger spindle but this is perfect
option for 4ply yarns aran weights
and dKs like I said and this strand
here just pulled it make sure that it's
comfortable and hold on to it with those
fingers so it doesn't get lost in the
drama of the twisting
okay then so you can do it with your
thumb but what happens if you're someone
who either has to put things down
halfway through the job because the cat
needs feeding or the dinner needs
checking something like that well you
can do this as well with other methods
I've used a needle if I thought actually
I don't really want to hold it with my
thumb but far too much yarn to start
with maybe it's a chunky yarn maybe it's
a real thick yarn that you just think is
you're gonna run out of thumb so I have
used this these are twelve millimeter
needles just you pick one out of a pair
and use that instead of my thumb and the
other method is to use a tube like this
that might be from the tinfoil in the
kitchen it might be from a toilet roll
so this is ideal just using one or the
other and that's especially good if
you're using super chunky yarn because
it needs that little bit more space in
the center so just loosen up and that
means you can put it down halfway
through if you need to as well so what
do I didn't use these half balls for and
these smaller balls for well first of
all I use them for French knitting if
you've watched my tutorials you know
that I've done French knitting and I was
using these smaller balls of yarn to
create that French knitting ideal for
giving your child if they're doing
French knitting they don't want to carry a
whole ball of yarn around with them that
would just give them miles and miles and
miles of French knitting only needed a
little bit and it will go a long long
way so you can pull yarn just wind a
ball off from the end of a ball if
you're still knitting with it even it
just just give them say 10 or 15 grams
worth of yarn and that's that you're
done you're sorted the other ideal
option to use these is for fair isle
knitting if you are doing just six rows
of a pattern and you have leftover yarn
you can wind that into a ball and use
that it doesn't get so tangled as it
would if it was a larger ball it really
is very useful and of course intarsia
you can put you on onto a bobbin for
intarsia or you can wind it into a
little ball for yourself and it makes
life a little bit easier okay
go and have a look at those French
knitting videos because I was obviously
too using those balls there sure you'll
love them let me know in the comments
which yarn you are winding into balls
okay
I will see you again soon bye for now
thanks for joining me happy knitting I'm
looking at this going you needs to be
wound up! Needs to be wound up!