{"id":181,"date":"2013-04-19T13:35:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2014-03-07T11:45:03","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T19:45:03","slug":"learning-the-hank-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"Learning the Hank (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hanks of Blue Heron Yarn<\/p><\/div>\n

\"ScannedImage\"<\/a>One of the more challenging aspects of my personality is not really wanting to admit that I don\u2019t know something, especially when everyone around me thinks it is common knowledge\u2026This probably caused me not to grow in my crochet abilities as early as I could have, but everything happens in their own time for a reason. So what is this that held me back? Understanding a hank of yarn.<\/p>\n

I grew up with all of the big name yarns, I can probably identify most blind folded, and just by feel. These are the yarns that are most readily available for me to buy in larger stores, with a nice skein that has a \u201cpull the yarn from the center\u201d string. They are easy to use, come in a wide arrange of colors, and there are many projects to tackle with them.<\/p>\n

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Hanks of Lisa Souza Knitwear and Dyeworks Yarn<\/p><\/div>\n

I had received a gift certificate to a Local Yarn Store (a.k.a. LYS), and went to check it out. There were rows and shelves of yarn, but none of it looked familiar. There were no pretty little ends to pull from a center, most of these were twisted up and I couldn\u2019t even see an end. People in the store were talking about how nice is or that fiber was, and I began to feel a little uncomfortable. People were purchasing these little twisted \u201chanks\u201d and were talking about the projects they had in mind for them. I did not have the inclination to ask \u201chow do you use that\u201d, since I didn\u2019t want to appear ignorant. So I found a little ball that looked somewhat familiar, though smaller then I was use to , but it appeared to have a pull from the center once I got the band off it (since the band was run through the center and kind of attached like a hand cuff to the round). I purchased my little ball feeling like a complete novice. I thought about those hanks when I got home, but for the life of me could not figure out how they were to be used.<\/p>\n

The little ball I got was nice, and introduced me to new fiber types, but it wasn\u2019t until I took my first spinning lesson that I got a firm understanding of the hank, and the light bulb when off in my head. 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. Damn my pride for standing in the way for so long\u2026 or was it that easy\u2026.(to be continued\u2026..the saga continues on the next post)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the more challenging aspects of my personality is not really wanting to admit that I don\u2019t know something, especially when everyone around me thinks it is common knowledge\u2026This probably caused me not to grow in my crochet abilities … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[374,2],"tags":[93,99,96,89,95,100,20,91,98,90,94,97,92,64],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet-understanding","category-website","tag-ball","tag-blue-heron","tag-fiber","tag-hank","tag-ignorant","tag-linda-dean","tag-lisa-souza","tag-lys","tag-pride","tag-skein","tag-twist","tag-uncomfotable","tag-understanding","tag-yarn"],"yoast_head":"\nLearning the Hank (part 1) - 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