Ball Of Yarn Cake
Do bottom half of cake first then position on cake board leaving room for message to finish top half.
Ball of yarn cake. You can also hand wind a cake of yarn using a hand winder. A cake of yarn is made by using a ball winder yes it gets a little confusing because i said a ball winder to make a cake. Use your other hand to gently guide the yarn. Ahh the yarn cake knitter s bliss.
If you purchase this kind take the paper off and open the yarn up into a big loop. A cake is produced from winding hanked yarn onto a ball winder the personal ball winder kind not the locomotive sized kind. Cut small pieces and place pieces on cake one at a time being sure to drape one end over the vertical strand and use a shaping tool or skewer to tuck in the end of the string. I am gluing strings to the cake by brushing the cake with a little water.
Wind yarn slowly to begin with. Use tip 8 and rose icing to pipe parallel lines inside each section to achieve the look of tightly wrapped yarn. Creating your center pull yarn cake happy days. Wind gently and wash your knitting after working from a ball to let the yarn bloom again.
Some yarn comes already wound into center pull balls. Cakes are center pull and are typically what you make when you have a hank of yarn. Wide running in various directions around cake. This ensures you can control the tension.
Drape the loop of yarn over two chairs or the edge of a desk or between the hands of a helpful friend. Press more yarn strings through the fondant extruder. This is a yarn cake. Plop your hank onto an umbrella swift thread the end.