[Nfb-krafters-korner] cones of yarn

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Hi Terry,
 
Cones of yarn:  The yarn is usually bought not in ounces or grams, but  
pounds.  Then is wrapped on a cardboard cone in one continuous strand of  yarn.  
You may find some knots , butb not many.  There is usually  classifications of 
types of yarns referring to how many yards are in a pound of  yarn.  Example: 
don't go by these numbers as I am justt making them up for  now, sport weight 
yarn may have 1200 yards in a pound and bulky may have only  500 yards in a 
pound.  So a 2 pound cone of bulky yarn would have 1000  yards wrapped on the 
cone.  When purchasing that way you can pay a less  expensive price  for  the 
yarns.  Do a search on EBay for yarn,  cones and you will get a good example of 
what I am talking about.
 
If you did not want that much yarn to carry around you can always use a  yarn 
winder to make a center pull ball for yourself.  I also have a special  
winder that I got so I can twist several strands together to create pull balls  of 
yarn like they sell in the yarn shops.  I like mixing this with  that and 
coming up with something totally unique.  The twister does exactly  that, twists 
the strands together so when you knit or crochet with it the yarn  works up 
like a tweed with the colors twisted evenly.
 
Joyce
Joyce



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Hi Terry,
 
Cones of yarn:  The yarn is usually bought not in ounces or grams, but pounds.  Then is wrapped on a cardboard cone in one continuous strand of yarn.  You may find some knots , butb not many.  There is usually classifications of types of yarns referring to how many yards are in a pound of yarn.  Example: don't go by these numbers as I am justt making them up for now, sport weight yarn may have 1200 yards in a pound and bulky may have only 500 yards in a pound.  So a 2 pound cone of bulky yarn would have 1000 yards wrapped on the cone.  When purchasing that way you can pay a less expensive price  for  the yarns.  Do a search on EBay for yarn, cones and you will get a good example of what I am talking about.
 
If you did not want that much yarn to carry around you can always use a yarn winder to make a center pull ball for yourself.  I also have a special winder that I got so I can twist several strands together to create pull balls of yarn like they sell in the yarn shops.  I like mixing this with that and coming up with something totally unique.  The twister does exactly that, twists the strands together so when you knit or crochet with it the yarn works up like a tweed with the colors twisted evenly.
 
Joyce
Joyce
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