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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”]

rufflesnotdiets:

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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.

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[Image: A photo of model Sonia Rykiel with a mischievous expression wearing a dress made of black fuzzy knit fabric and stripes of a sheer material.  The neckline of the dress has big knitting needles stuck through it like she is knitting the dress onto herself.  Sonya has bright orange hair with bangs.]

teruterubouzu:

She’s crafty.

I loooove the big knitting needles.

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[Image: a webcam photo of Alex wearing big headphones and knitting with bright red wool.]

I started a new knitting project yesterday!  I’m making a pair of legwarmers that button up the sides.  Hopefully they will resemble spats when I’m done with them.  I’m modifying a lovely pattern I found on Ravelry to fit my legs.

I also hope my wool holds out for two of these.  I got two skeins as a gift several years ago and never made anything with them, so this seemed as good a time as any!  I’m hoping it works out to 1 leg warmer = 1 skein.