A yarn tip

[motherpink]

When I start a new ball of yarn I always start fron the inside of the ball never from the outside of it.

What I mean is I get the strad of yarn from the middle of the ball, I find it easier to control the ball than me keep flicking the ball in the air to loosing the amount I want.

[Jan in CA]

I do that as well, but not all skeins will do this some need to be rewound and hanks won't work at all. They have to be wound.

[linknit41]

yeah,that's good idea to start from the middle of a ball, but it isn't always easy to find the end! and sometimes you pull out a great tangle of yarn in the process, and have to wind it back up. i once was given an old skein of Red Heart fingering yarn, and lo and behold, there was a little red foil heart attached to the end of the yarn, which made it so easy to use. wonder why this idea didn't persist? linknit41