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From another customer:
I hot glued an empty 1 gallon paint can to a 'lazy susan' and placed the yarn inside, then every so often I spin the paint can to unwind the yarn. This also works well with some of the flat yarns that twist like Borroco Suede. The other problem it solved was multiple yarn use like 'intarsia' or 'fairisle', also knitting two shelves at the same time. My knitting group really likes the idea and several members have made their own gluing different type containers on their 'lazy susan'.
One of our great customers writes:
I rewind the yarn into a ball that dispenses from the center. It made a big difference the last time I used chenille.
We have been using chenilles in our weaving...years ago, I called it our "dead sheep" fabric...it just kept worming and worming. For weaving we found that side by side sleying with a thin wool yarn worked - when washed, the wool fibers made the chenille behave. Our newest finding with weaving and knitting is how you engage your yarn. If you pull it upwards from your ball of yarn (as we would from a bag holding our yarn) the yarn will spiral up - thus introducing more twist. Try this by sitting in a chair with the yarn on the floor and watch the yarn spiral up to you - sometimes slightly - sometimes - alot! Now we put the ball on a crossbar of our lazy kate (spinner's bobbin holder) or somehow put the yarn so that it feeds straight toward us off the ball -- a dowel between several books on each side of the ball. No twist. Minimal, if any, worming. - C. Evans
We have been using chenilles in our weaving...years ago, I called it our "dead sheep" fabric...it just kept worming and worming. For weaving we found that side by side sleying with a thin wool yarn worked - when washed, the wool fibers made the chenille behave.
Our newest finding with weaving and knitting is how you engage your yarn. If you pull it upwards from your ball of yarn (as we would from a bag holding our yarn) the yarn will spiral up - thus introducing more twist. Try this by sitting in a chair with the yarn on the floor and watch the yarn spiral up to you - sometimes slightly - sometimes - alot! Now we put the ball on a crossbar of our lazy kate (spinner's bobbin holder) or somehow put the yarn so that it feeds straight toward us off the ball -- a dowel between several books on each side of the ball. No twist. Minimal, if any, worming.
- C. Evans
I knit a lot with chenille and I have found that if I place the yarn in a ziplock plastic bag with the yarn strand at one far end and seal it all the way, end to end, I can dangle the bag ever so often and it will rotate to keep the yarn from worming. I do have to open the bag to release the yarn I need for knitting which takes a little more time but I have found it to be worthwhile.
I knit a lot with chenille and I have found that if I place the yarn in
a ziplock plastic bag with the yarn strand at one far end and seal it
all the way, end to end, I can dangle the bag ever so often and it will
rotate to keep the yarn from worming. I do have to open the bag to
release the yarn I need for knitting which takes a little more time but
I have found it to be worthwhile.
