Knitting with two balls of yarn
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knittingI've never knitted anything that required a double thread until I picked up an easy afghan pattern. The pattern itself is no problem, but I'm wondering if there's a way to keep the yarn from twisting. After ever row I have to untwist the balls of yarn which is easy but annoying.
Right now I've got each ball in a separate box, but it doesn't seem to help much. I'm using giant balls of yarn (those super saver types that are 1 pound each that began as skeins), so could the size be the problem? Should I have left them as giant skeins?
I'd appreciate any advice. If this is an unavoidable problem, that's OK. In the scheme of things, it's not all that bad. :)
Right now I've got each ball in a separate box, but it doesn't seem to help much. I'm using giant balls of yarn (those super saver types that are 1 pound each that began as skeins), so could the size be the problem? Should I have left them as giant skeins?
I'd appreciate any advice. If this is an unavoidable problem, that's OK. In the scheme of things, it's not all that bad. :)
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Date: 2013-01-29 01:14 am (UTC)Straighten out your yarn before you start a row. At the end of the row, when you're turning. one way will twist the strands, the other way will not. It just a matter of figuring out which and then remembering to do it.
At least that's been my experience.
Or maybe I'm remembering wrong, and that's what helps when you're working from both ends of a center-pull ball.
Either way, it has nothing to do with the size of your balls. ;)