Any tips on "using the yarn double"?

[MidnightandOreo]

I thought of trying to use the pull-thread from inside the skein and the end from outside, but I couldn't find the end inside (of course). I decided to go with using 2 skeins, but I am dealing with the semi-tangled mess from trying to find the pull-thread earlier. Is there a better way?

[Stacey]

If I only need one skein, I just wind half of it up into a ball, cut it, then wind the other half. (Usually I just guess, especially if I can manage to find the other end of the yarn to wind both balls until they look the same, or sometimes I'll break out the postage scale if I'm feeling obsessive ) I just did a throw rug where I had to do that with a bunch of colors, and was I ever wishing for a ball winder by the time I finished! )

 

Edited to add a link in case you've never done a center pull ball before: How to make a pull skein

[natalie058]

I fish around the middle of the skein until I find that "soggy" spot described on another center-pull finding post, then yank that out, and use yarn from inside and out. Sometimes it brings a bit extra with it, but usually not more than a rows worth of yarn, so i use it quickly and I don't end up with tangled mess.

[RebeccaVelasquez]

get some gallon size ziploc bags, cut off a little at a bottom corner, pull your working yarn through the hole, dump in your skein and zip it up. this will keep the tangles away

especially if you are using from 2 different skeins. this will keep them seperate and they won't wind around each other

 

and i'm with natalie... feel for the squish and pull

[Figmint77]

Rebecca, I love that idea... especially for taking WIP with me somewhere. Thanks.

 

~Tricia

[wondersheep]

Well, my usual trick is to get two skeins of yarn, leave the label on, and rubberband them together, but there are a lot better suggestions on here! *runs off to make a pull skein*