Hints for Knits

To keep a ball of yarn from bobbing about as you work, draw the yarn from the center, instead of the outside. To roll the yarn into a ball so it will pull from the center, hold a six-inch length in the palm of your hand with the third and fourth fingers, while at the same time starting the ball on the extended first and second fingers. After the ball is well started, slip the yarn off the two fingers and start winding. Part of the six-inch length will be left exposed when winding is completed. This method is easy to use and works wonders!

When knitting a child’s sweater, overcast seams with extra bits of yarn. Then if the sweater needs to be mended later, the extra yarn will be the same color since it’s been washed with the sweater each time.

Keep leftover yarn in glass jars to avoid moths. It’s easily visible and will stay clean.

Keep two corks in your knitting bag and use on ends of needles when interrupted in the middle of a row. Also keep a large safety pin to slip through the last loop, to keep stitches in place. Louise Price Bell, Tucson, Arizona