For many, there is only one type of yarn shape - a skein. This is what is mistakenly called a ball of thread, a pie, and a donut of thread. In fact, they are radically different from each other. The difference between a skein and a skein is especially clear.
The concept of “skein of threads” - what does it mean?
Pasma today is called 2 things. This is a special way of winding the threads and what shape they ultimately take. The word comes from a measure of length used by rural residents of Rus'. Later, in the 20th century, it came into use among personnel in textile factories. It was used as a unit of measurement for yarn.
Important! 100 meters of thread = 1 Soviet skein. There are 67.9 meters of wool in 1 French skein.
The thread in the skein is twisted and consists of 6 separate hairs. At the exit from the factory assembly line the result is a single long thread, folded in a special way - not in the form of a dense skein or a hard ball, but in the shape of a crumbling oval, from which it is easy to separate the thread with your fingers. In the future, this “oval” can be bent in half and sold as a sagging “garland”.Sometimes, for compactness, it is twisted lengthwise or folded several times - this is usually done with threads intended for embroidery.
Products intended for both embroidery and knitting are produced in this form. Both knitting needles and a hook are suitable for it - it all depends on the specific yarn and its composition.
How is it different from a skein?
A skein is one of the ways to design threads, in which they “lay down” in an orderly manner into a round, elongated, elastic and dense ball. It is formed on a machine, not by hand. It has 2 ends: initial and middle. This is convenient, especially when knitting with 2 threads. There is no need to rewind the skein; it is completely ready for use.
The skein does not have a strict shape, unlike a skein. The threads are not ordered relative to each other, so they easily get tangled and are difficult to knit with. To facilitate the process, the skein is rewound into a ball before starting work.
Types of yarn in skeins
Let's take a closer look at each.
Floss
This is a plain or melange yarn, usually cotton, intended for cross stitch and satin stitch embroidery, as well as some other painstaking handwork. The length of such a “tangle” varies between 8–10 meters. Some manufacturers, especially foreign ones, offer products with other parameters. Among domestic factories, only PNK im. Kirov. He has 20 meters in his skein.
Sewing and handicraft stores often sell such goods by weight. It can also be purchased by the meter. However, with this approach, difficulties may arise in determining the correct color, which is why a sharp transition will appear on the embroidery canvas. It is also possible that the shade will completely miss the mark. To prevent this from happening, you need to not only check the thread number indicated in the pattern, but also come to the store with a sample of the required yarn.
Important! The market offers not only cotton, but also cotton and even wool and wool blend floss. They will be very different in the finished painting. For example, the presence or absence of glossy shine and thickness.
The thread in the floss consists of 6 hairs twisted together. A whole thread is usually used in the work, but sometimes it is separated into components. This is not difficult to do; individual fibers in the skein can be easily detached using your fingers.
Yarn for knitting
Such products are often cheaper. Sold in specialized stores for needlework and sewing. Sold by weight or meter.
Possible composition options:
- pure wool;
- 50% synthetic, 50% wool;
- 30% wool, 70% synthetic;
- 10% wool, 90% additives of other origin.
Wool blend and blended yarns are most common. She has her own disadvantages and advantages. Negative features:
- causticity (property expressed moderately);
- rigidity;
- Before work you need to rewind it from a skein into a skein.
The “advantages” of such products include availability (cheaper than other types of “balls”), resistance to color loss and tight fit of the threads to each other in the finished product. The latter quality can be expressed stronger or weaker, it all depends on the type of wool and its processing.
How to use it correctly?
Working with floss and yarn for knitting in a skein is very different. They are similar only in that they are used only after preparation. It comes down to the following processes:
rewind;- thread division;
- cutting into strips of convenient length.
rewind;The first procedure is applied to knitting yarn.Floss passes through the second and third.
Thread separation is resorted to when the pattern diagram indicates that not the whole skein, but 1, 2 or 3 threads from it are used to embroider a certain area. Well, cutting the threads is necessary so that they do not get tangled. This approach is also convenient because it is possible to determine in advance the length of thread convenient for working with a needle. However, in paintings that are very complex in size and color, it makes sense to use threads of different lengths.
Important! Needlewomen agree that it is easiest to use a needle, which is threaded with a thread 65–70 cm long.
Instead of cutting, it makes sense to try winding a skein thread onto a bobbin or piece of thick cardboard. This approach is practiced by women who have floss storage systems - organizers with small cells. You can’t fit a skein into them compactly.
Rewinding yarn and floss onto a bobbin or skein is carried out using an object that has 2 pins or posts located opposite each other. The “oval” skeins are hooked to these supports. Then the end of the thread is found and the rewinding process begins. This is painstaking work, as the threads get tangled. For people with sensitive skin, at the end of the process the index finger along which the wool thread will be passed may become sore. This is due to the typical coarseness of the yarn in the skein.
Important! A finished painting or piece of clothing made from such yarn must be washed before use.
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