messy tangled yarn

[MARCILEE]

I'm making a pattern that calls for one skein of yarn, but crocheting with two threads at the same time. I ended up with a huge tangled mess of twisted, knotted yarn. I spent a couple of hours untangling (sorry for being a weakling, but I actually cried). My guy:manyheart came up with this little invention. I'm very new to crochet, so maybe this isn't something new to you. But I LOVE it (and it's cheap)! Drill two holes in a block of wood. Insert two wooden dowels. Impale your skeins on each dowel, and guess what? They won't tangle up!!!

 

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[shelain22]

Very good idea, and dont feel bad, I have cried over less!

[donnalynn2]

Cool idea!!!

[vernzap]

Great idea! I'll have to rig one of those up the next time I use two strands to make something. Thanks for sharing!

[caseysmom57]

You need to patent that quick!!!

[crochetdiva]

Great idea, thanks!!!

[Twinnish]

What a great idea! I'm currently using three skeins on a project. Unfortunately, because I have to switch colors back and forth, I don't know if this little doohickey would work in this case. It would be worth a shot though,,,

 

 

Thanks!

[Emily]

I haven't had a problem yet, but it makes sense. I mean, surgers (sp?) use multiple spools of thread and have each on a stick . . .

[rude-girl72]

Great idea!

[Rosemary]

What a great idea! How special that your special guy thought up the invention.

As far as crying over crochet, I do, too.

[Qmare]

GREAT Idea! What a GREAT guy you have there! How sweet!

 

 

Something that has worked for me in the past is to put each skein or ball in a coffee can, cut a hole in the plastic lid and pull the yarn through that. You have to make sure the whole is smooth so you don't snag the yarn. It is great for projects that require multiple skeins because you can arrange the cans on the floor in the order you need the yarn to be in.

 

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[Plo0t]

What a great idea! I'm currently using three skeins on a project. Unfortunately, because I have to switch colors back and forth, I don't know if this little doohickey would work in this case. It would be worth a shot though,,,

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

You have no idea how badly I giggle when I see/hear the word DOOHICKEY! It's so funny to hear the word, but even funnier to see it spelled out! Thanks for making me giggle!

 

 

And I agree about the doohicky( ). I tend to shy away from double-stranded projects for the simple fact that I HATE tangles! If I wasn't so mechanically challenged, I'd try to rig one up myself!

[Chicki]

The first time I bought a nice hank of VERY expensive wool, it tangled up on me really bad b/c I didnt know how to unravel it correctly. I cried too

 

 

Come to think of it, I still dont know how to get the yarn outta those hanks properly...they get all messed up

 

 

~Chicki

[snbarclay]

cool ideal ...........

[Kathleen]

Very Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[francesca]

Something that has worked for me in the past is to put each skein or ball in a coffee can, cut a hole in the plastic lid and pull the yarn through that. You have to make sure the whole is smooth so you don't snag the yarn.

 

I've done that too, but with the big yogurt containers. In my case, this method also keeps dog and cat hair out of my yarn as well! Yesterday, I saw at a local craft store a container made just for this purpose, but I think they were selling it for $7-8! I'm glad to see that other people are using their ingenuity to get around rip-offs like that!

[francesca]

And ta-da--Another Crochetville member is doing something similar right here!

Sorry I missed this at first.