You must have seen yarn packaged and presented for sale in your local crafts store in many different ways. Some of the most common ones are hanks, skeins and balls. Apparently there are 12 different ways of packaging yarn, and I must have seen 5-6. I doubt if someone buying is concerned with how yarn is packaged, they are more curious about the colours and textures. What matters is how yarn can be used once it is bought. Clockwise from top left, you can see a pink HANK, grey SKEIN, white BALL and something that is cutely packaged as a CAKE. It certainly looks delicious! In a hank, the yarn is rolled into a big circle then folded into itself. […]
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