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[Image: A graphic of sequential photos of how to make a center-pull ball of yarn by winding it around a knitting needle. Text reads: “How to Wind a Center-Pull Ball of Yarn by Hand”]

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(via One Trick to Turn Any Yarn Into a Center-Pull Ball | Lion Brand Notebook)

This should get all the reblogs… and maybe even tattoo it somewhere on me! :P

Oooh, helpful! Here’s the method I used before I got my grubby mitts on a ball winder.

This is a basically good method, but I really recommend using something much thicker than a knitting needle.  It makes the yarn come out more smoothly and with less tangling.  I used a paper towel tube with a notch at the top (for putting the tail end so it would disappear.

WHAT IS THIS SORCERY.

Alex Heberling

Alex Heberling here. I own the place.