Cutting Your Skein of Yarn into Dozens of Perfect-Length Strands for Weaving

For many months I've been cutting my skeins of yarn while in its loop form for making dozens of perfect-length strands for weaving on my Everlea looms. Every time I show someone in person they are amazed at the simplicity and genius of it, so I thought I'd share it here in case you haven't thought of it yet yourself.

This method is great for these reasons:

• You get many strands of working yarn quickly
• You can cut multiple skeins of yarn together for many colourways ready for weaving (think all your Everlea Colour Club skeins!).
• Grab any brand of yarn that comes in skein form and bust your stash without having to wind your yarn into balls or cakes first (think that pesky skein that got tangled and you've been avoiding it).
• For this tutorial I used a skein of Everlea Fingering yarn that was unintentionally dyed unevenly and therefore unsellable. So, to you indie dyers out there, this is a way to use that yarn that can't be sold. Simply cut the imperfections out!

Here is the photo tutorial (scroll down for the video)

1. Choose a skein of yarn
   
   
2. Unwind it and lay it flat on a table:
   
   
   
3. At around 1/3 down from the top, tie a contrasting yarn tightly around the whole skein in a double knot.
   
   
   
   
4. Cut the bottom loop of your skein
   
   
5. Your skein is now ready for weaving with. As needed, pull strands of yarn one at a time from the top loop of the skein.
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7. As you use your yarn while weaving, and the contrasting yarn gets loose, re-tie it to secure the yarn and avoid a tangled mess.
8. Enjoy your pre-cut strands for hand loom weaving on your Everlea looms.