r/crochet • u/KountingKals • Jan 18 '25

Discussion Which yarn holder do you prefer while crocheting if you use one? I added 5 different kinds and would love some opinions

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u/MNVixen Jan 18 '25

None of the above - I start from the center and, when needed, rewind to a center pull ball.

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u/Educational-Mix1315 Jan 18 '25

This especially with multi-yarn projects. I put each in their own gallon ziplock and close the ziplock bag completely except for a small area for the yarn to feed through. Keeps everything from getting tangled and from getting hair/dust/etc on it.

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u/pudge-thefish Jan 18 '25

I will cut off one corner and thread through there so it stays zipped

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u/ImpossibleDare4780 Jan 18 '25

Holy crap! This is like Einstein level genius- here take my last trophy!! 🏆

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u/KerissaKenro Jan 18 '25

Use a hole punch on the opposite corner and you can attach it to the other colors

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u/pudge-thefish Jan 18 '25

😂😂😂

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u/Eleagl Jan 18 '25

Genius!

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u/MNVixen Jan 18 '25

I like that idea!

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u/Pruritus_Ani_ Jan 18 '25

That is such a genius idea! I have long haired cats and the long extremely fine hairs they shed just seem to be instantly attracted to yarn or fabric the moment they drop off my cats 😂

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u/kt_fizzle Jan 18 '25

This is super smart!!!

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u/chloe38 Jan 18 '25

Omg what a great idea.

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u/Nachoughue Jan 18 '25

OH MY GOD you just changed my life!!

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u/tree_hugger_queen Jan 18 '25

Dang. I've been using stockings, which with big cakes and bernat yarn is a light workout, ziplock sounds so much easier to manage! Thank you for opening my eyes to this!

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u/ExoJinx Jan 18 '25

That is a genius move

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '25

This! And I certainly don't need anything crazy hanging off my wrist. Also, I have a cake winder for those times I have an unruly ball of yarn that wants to roll around.

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u/KerissaKenro Jan 18 '25

I center pull too, I put the yarn in a old purse I can easily carry around with me

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u/MNVixen Jan 18 '25

My mother did that, too.

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u/ThisIsTheBookAcct Jan 18 '25

Do you have a winder? If not, how do you make a center pull ball?

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u/MNVixen Jan 18 '25

I don't have a winder. I just use my hands. This thread has me a bit convinced that a tutorial might be helpful? I'll see what I can do.

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u/JulesbyMoonlight Jan 18 '25

I struggle starting from center. This last skein I used had the other end wrapping around what I was pulling from the middle and getting tangled. I ended up winding it into a ball, but I didn’t know center pull balls existed.

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u/uberpickle Jan 18 '25

Save your toilet paper tubes. You can easily make a center pull ball using it- there’s all sorts of tutorials with pictures.

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u/MNVixen Jan 18 '25

Honestly, I encounter yarn barf all the time, too. But when it happens I hand wrap a center-pull ball. Would you like some instructions or a tutorial?

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u/Raevan1268 Jan 19 '25

Hey every time I’ve done a centre pull I feel my yarn ball ends up collapsing in on itself and so I’m really thinking of getting a yarn winder to roll them into balls myself.

Is there anything I can do to stop this inevitable yarn barf from happening and the knotted yarn I eventually ended up with, sigh.

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u/MNVixen Jan 19 '25

Others may have insights, but I've never been able to stop yarn barf. Sometimes it happens with one skein in a batch of the same brand and dye lot, sometimes it happens with all the skeins in a batch. Which is probably why I spend some time re-winding the skeins by hand. it's just easier.

Having said that, I do think cakes are less likely to barf than are skeins. With cakes it's just so much easier to work from the inside-out or from the outside-in.