#yarn hack

You may find that the tail end of the yarn wraps around the magic circle more than with most methods, but it hasn't affected my finished pieces and this saves on time and brain space.

How To: Make Your Own Bulky Yarn In A Pinch With This Handy Tip From Briana K: 👉 https://wp.me/pjlln-dBC

So I made a post the other day about using an office chair to wind skeins of yarn in place of a yarn swift, and it was honestly more popular than I thought, so I figured I'd also share how I handwind balls of yarn and maybe save someone else's life 😂 This specifically goes out all the knitters/crocheters/yarn crafters who either can't afford a ball winder or don't have enough projects going to justify buying a ball winder. And also for everyone who bought one at Michel's and found it didn't work. I used to work there. I know. So anyway, I always wind my balls of yarn as center-pull balls where you leave the inner end of the yarn out, wind it all up, tuck in the outer end, and use the yarn from the inside. Pretty simple, common yarn hack imo. You can find tons of demonstrations on youtube (which is actually where I learned it). However, I know when I learned this hack almost every video I saw said to use an empty toilet paper roll? Which I have never actually done, because it's too short to hold a ball of yarn, your hand gets in the way of the winding, and then the roll collapses and you can't slide the ball off if it's wound too tight, plus you have to make sure you have an empty roll laying around whenever you want to wind your yarn, plus it's been in your bathroom for a while?? And blah blah. So what I do is use an empty body spray bottle (Twisted Peppermint from Bath and Body Works, specifically), and I highly recommend doing the same. All the yarn wound on it gets subtly scented like peppermint. You can tuck the inner yarn end under the cap so it doesn't get pulled into the ball halfway through on accident. You can use the sprayer end as a handle to keep your hand way the heck out of the way while you're winding. And you can just use the same bottle over and over again--I'm pretty sure B&BW already discontinued this scent tbh, I've been using this bottle that long lol. So yeah xD is it a ratchet hack? Yes. But do I wind yarn without my peppermint perfume bottle? Never.

Genius Kids Make Working Yarn Ball Winder With Lego! https://wp.me/pjlln-2eL 🧶

not an aesthetic or careful way to do it but you wash your creation after you're done either way so why not

@brilligspoons - this might interest you.