Tbh I’m a fan of yarn chickens. They are nice for borders or just playing around with stitch patterns. I even ran out of yarn on a single-skein shawl and finished it with a yarn chicken. The main thing is to secure the ball of yarn with a rubber band in my scrap bin. Otherwise over time the darn things play a game of Twister™️ and become inextricably entwined
I’m so guilty of buying an extra ball but in reality, as you point out, I rarely need it. For garments, as I’m short, I often vary body and/or sleeve accordingly. So why has it not occurred to me before, I do not need the extra ‘just in case’ ball. Thank you for opening my eyes.
After half a century of knitting, I have so many bits of yarn that I wish I had a real yarn chicken I could feed this useless yarn to.
Tbh I’m a fan of yarn chickens. They are nice for borders or just playing around with stitch patterns. I even ran out of yarn on a single-skein shawl and finished it with a yarn chicken. The main thing is to secure the ball of yarn with a rubber band in my scrap bin. Otherwise over time the darn things play a game of Twister™️ and become inextricably entwined
I’m so guilty of buying an extra ball but in reality, as you point out, I rarely need it. For garments, as I’m short, I often vary body and/or sleeve accordingly. So why has it not occurred to me before, I do not need the extra ‘just in case’ ball. Thank you for opening my eyes.