{"id":735,"date":"2015-01-07T13:17:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/?page_id=735"},"modified":"2023-05-15T13:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:27:02","slug":"how-to-use-yarn-hanks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/?page_id=735","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Yarn Hanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --><br \/>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-DH1ZLNZZHX\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];<br \/>\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}<br \/>\n  gtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>  gtag('config', 'G-DH1ZLNZZHX');<br \/>\n<\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ScannedImage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ScannedImage-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"ScannedImage\" width=\"95\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ScannedImage-251x300.jpg 251w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ScannedImage.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/><\/a>There are many ways that yarn can be processed and sold, the most common in chain stores are the center pull skein, but many small local yarn stores carry yarns sold in hanks, so what is a hank?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_185\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5577.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185\" class=\"wp-image-185 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5577-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5577\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5577-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5577-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5577-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many hanks of yarn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Basically the hank is a twisted loop if yarn, like I saw in old movies where little Jimmy was having a circle of yarn held between his arms as grandma as knitting. These hanks just have to be opened up, find and end and roll into a ball! Then I could use it fine.&nbsp; However you have to be careful that it does not become simply a tangled mess.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5571.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188\" class=\"wp-image-188 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5571-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5571\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5571-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5571-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5571-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Make sure nothing is twisted!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_186\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5567.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\"wp-image-186 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5567-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5567\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5567-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5567-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5567-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hank to a cake (a center pull created from a hank)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After playing with some hanks I learned that before I even attempt \u201cfreeing\u201d the yarn from its loop, I need to make sure the loop in smooth, not twisted, that it hangs nicely, this will definitely help. Then I need to place it somewhere that will keep it taunt, maybe over the back of a dining room chair, but I found that I use my knees (not very lady like but effective for me), I have learned that some people use a swift\u2026it reminds my somewhat of an umbrella, but without the fabric. This expands to the size of the loop and will spin as you pull the yarn). Then I can make it into a ball, if I want to pull it from the center I can wrap the yarn around an empty toilet paper tube (open finishing wrapping it up, I can pull out the tube and use the middle yarn, as pulling from the center means that the yarn will not be rolling around that floor as I use), or there is a little tool called a ball winder that you place your yarn end in and crank its little handle and it spins it onto a tube, to make a pull from the center skein.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5572.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"wp-image-189 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5572-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5572\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5572-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5572-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5572-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tie ends that hold the hanks in place, only cut these when you are ready to unwind your hank.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So why is yarn placed in hanks? Is it just to give you a little more of a work out, or to look fancy? Actually it does have a reason; it places less stress on the yarn. By being in that \u201cloop\u201d it helps the yarn to relax, where putting it into a skein or ball, the yarn in the center is under more pressure than the yarn on the outer edges. This may be a subtle thing, but it can make a difference in some processes and designs, especially if the fiber has been sitting in this more pressured state of a long while. If you think about it you have seen this with a basic skein of yarn, when you pull out the beginning end, it is often bent of twisted, where by the end of the skein it is smooth. So if you want to use a hank of yarn, only wind it into a ball when you feel you are ready to use it. It will help the yarn stay consistent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5569.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-image-187 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5569-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5569\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5569-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5569-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_5569-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">See how well the color is represented<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the benefits I have found with a hank, it a purely visible one, I can open a hank to a loop, and see how long the color changes are for a variegated yarn. This is something that I have difficulty seeing in a skein.<br \/>\nI have found that I am not alone in my understanding of this \u201cyarn hank\u201d, so I hope my experience will help you take the step to attempt a yarn you may not have used because of the way it is presented. (And I have since learned, that most of these Local Yarn Stores, will in fact wind the hank into a skein for you at purchase, you just have to ask). Take the plunge and explore the world of fiber!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways that yarn can be processed and sold, the most common in chain stores are the center pull skein, but many small local yarn stores carry yarns sold in hanks, so what is a hank? 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