Avoiding Excess Twist as You Knit // Technique Tuesday

This video explains why and how yarn can end up gaining or losing twist as you knit from the ball, and what you can do to make sure your yarn stays balanced as you knit.

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To jump to a specific point in the video, click on the adjacent timestamped link:
0:00 Introduction
1:04 Two balls - one twisted, one balanced
2:09 Step 1 - winding from swift to ball winder
Step 2 - Second winding
2:59 How the yarn twists as it comes off the ball, how to set up and wind the ball the second time
7:27 Step 3 - Taking the ball off the winder after the 2nd winding
7:32 - taking off if knitting from the outside
8:20 - taking off if knitting from the inside
8:56 Why does the yarn sometimes overtwist but other times lose its twist?
10:24 Experimenting


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