Description: 36/package;. one size fits all. 'Best Darn Yarn Tenders' from Skerin Knitting and Crochet, by published national Designer Susan D. Kerin. Your package also includes good information about "Tangle Angles of Yarn" and how to use the BDYTs by Susan D. Kerin. Read 35+ great reviews from SkerinKnittingandCrochet. IMPORTANT NOTES 1. The QUALITY: My “Best Darn Yarn Tenders” are ONE SIZE FITS ALL which is proven to accommodate small sized skeins through a 16-oz ‘Pounder’ when ganging two BDYTs (see how-tos on the other enclosed insert). On that page also see how a small-ish amount of yarn is secured in the ‘cupcake’ (the photo of the yellow tender holding the pink little ball of yarn. The colors available are white and yellow. Many needleworkers prefer the white because it is easy to see the color of the yarn when corralled in the BDYT. A good idea is to separate the BDYTs into two piles – one for holding smallish sizes (e.g. maximum could be around three to four ounces) and the other pile for anything beyond that for larger shapes.2. THE TENDERS ARE MADE FOR CENTER-PULL SKEINS, CAKES, ETC. and also work well with cones, e.g. Sugar and Cream cotton cones. 3. NEVER CUT THE BDYTS: cutting a BDYT impairs integrity. BDYT lengths are intentional by design. Otherwise, they will rip easily. They are not meant to be cut. For a very small sized center-pull yarn all you need to do is put it in a Tender. The tender will then have a long top and bottom with the small amt. of yarn. Then, if you would like more compression, fold it down which will create a little more tightness for ease of use. small center-pulls work great that way.3. AVAILABLE STOCK PROJECTION: Also, wish to let you know that COVID has finally impacted me in that I am unable to obtain the product any longer as up-the-chain manufacturers discontinued availability of my product needs. So, once I have depleted my current remaining stock, that will be 'it'. If you are loving the Tenders you may wish to order more sooner than later. This is not a ploy for sales but the truth and it will be my own great disappointment in shutting down this tab. Please know that the tenders are sort of like panty hose – after you take them from the package and put them on, they don’t necessarily go back to the ultra “skinny” string they were out-of-the-envelope; but they STILL get the job done! Regardless of the percentage of stretch once used, the tenders continue to maintain the integrity of the yarn. In addition to always inserting a new skein or center-pull ball into a skein, I also “always” sit my skein vertically in a tubular container for total efficiency as the skein/ball depletes within the tender. If you always have small skeins and large skeins happening, you may wish to separate the tenders you will only use for the smaller skeins vs. larger so that they do not stretch too far. A “Tender” is able to keep a newly opened skein of yarn intact as you knit or crochet from the first pull to the last. The first thing I do when I open a skein of yarn is put it in a “Tender”. I have often been knitting and in the middle of pulling up more yarn from my knitting bag on the floor, I realized that there was no yarn left in the “tender” when my hand comes up empty … because it was that GOOD in keeping the yarn from tangling up to the very end of the skein.The key to keeping the yarn in good physical shape and prevent tangles during the entire knitting process is: The moment you grab new yarn to use, PUT IT IN THE TENDER while it is still in its best condition (not depleted and a messy, gloppy looking mess). Importantly, before inserting the yarn, remember to find the last wrap end of the yarn and be sure it is wrapped around the outside of the skein, away from the both skein ends.The photo above shows various configurations for the Tenders, depending upon skein conditions. In the photo #5 is a skein after finding the end and then beginning the ball winding, #3 & #4 are skeins with the wound balls inserted in the tender with the remainder of the intact skein – how-tos explained below. NEW SKEIN ISSUES: The “Tender” is also invaluable when you have opened a new skein of yarn but the center pull end is nowhere in sight (or there is an initial manufacturing tangled clump beginning at the live end) … you can: pull the clump from the middle (using your fingers as pincers), then find the beginning within it, then insert the skein as well as the pulled clump into the “Tender”. If there is not enough length to the tender to do this, simply ‘gang’ on another tender to the existing tender and begin knitting. KNITTING FOR A WHILE AND THE LIVE YARN SEEMS TO BE STUCK IN THE SKEIN:insert your pincer fingers and pull out as small a clump as possible just where you feel the yarn is stuck. Try to keep the clump intact, gently remove the tangle. Then you can either insert it back into the tender or ‘gang’ another tender for it. LIVE YARN GOT STUCK, PULLED IT OUT, UNTANGLED IT BUT IT MADE A BIG MESS: Beginning with live yarn closest to your needle, wind a center pull ball until you have wound all of;the newly untangled yarn and you are left with what is then coming from the original skein. Now put this center pull ball ahead of the skein in the tender or gang another tender if needed and resume knitting. The tender holds SKEINS or BALLS … and up to (16 oz) pounder skeins. In the photo #1 is an 8 oz skein, #2 is a 16 oz skein (the popular 'Pounder'. They are soft and pliable. If you need more length on the “Tender”, just gang two; that is, use two tenders that meet and overlap in the middle.As far as the smallest ball that can be inserted, they work great on even the smallest of amounts of yarn. They continue to compress down meet the diameter, all the way down to even an inch. It is a gentle but firm compression that can go from the smallest just mentioned up to the pounder seen in the photo. They are reusable and last a long time. Note they do need to be treated gently; a needle poke, etc. may cause a hole or tear. Check out my other items! I am a nationally awarded knit and crochet designer.
Price: 25.99 USD
Location: Berlin, Maryland
End Time: 2024-05-04T18:50:04.000Z
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