Brand new knitter...

[sharpchick_2011]

The community was recommended to me by a DW member whose journal I follow.

I'm loving the photos of your projects, and hoping I can get there someday.

Right now, I'm doing simple scarves - knit stitch only for the moment.

My first one went quite well. Today, I bought some Camp Stove yarn by Berroco and started my second scarf (using US size 11 needles). My yarn shop winds my yarn for me.

And here's my question - I know this is a twisted yarn, but it's really bizarre how the yarn is feeding out of the ball.

Parts of it come out flat, as you see it on the hank before it's wound.

And then, sometimes it comes out twisted into the tiniest bit of yarn, which seems to untwist as I knit with it, before my eyes.

It's like having a visual and tactile hallucination.

Should I have started knitting with the yarn on the outside of the ball instead of from the center? I bought another color use for another scarf, and if the answer to the question is yes, then I'll know better on that one...

Comments

[hellkitty]

I don't think it's an issue. Certainly not with the yarn. Is it knitting up evenly? If so, it's just that they may be tensioning it a bit tight when they wind it for you--it doesn't harm the yarn at all.

It IS a lovely yarn: I hope you post pics of the project?

[sharpchick_2011]

It's knitting as evenly as I am capable - remember, total newbie here.

And yes, I'll post pics.

[jumpuphigh]

I agree with hellkitty that it is probably a tension issue when they are winding. If the person winding was new to it, they may have just not yet figured out how to wind it with even tension all the way through. Definitely pull from the middle with your other one. Taking from the outside is not usually a pleasant experience.

[fire_my_spirit]

Fancy meeting you here! o/

On the note of keeping tension even, I have found that what helps me is pulling a long length of the yarn free of the skein rather than pulling it out as I go. This keeps the yarn from stretching while I am actually making stitches with it, and if there are tension differences in the way the yarn is wound, they'll even themselves out before they arrive at your needles.

[oakmouse]

Agree that the effect you're seeing is an effect of the winding process. It's likely either tension, or the possibility that the winder is adding extra twist to the yarn as it winds the ball. I've sometimes done that myself by accident as I hand wound a ball of yarn form a skein, and it wasn't until I began spinning that I understood what was going on!

Also, I agree that it won't affect your project at all; my experience is that it's a harmless little quirk.

Hi, by the way --- good to see you here!

[sharpchick_2011]

Thank you.