• BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Rolled yarn is often referred to as a skein. I guess maybe it has two meanings, the posted one seems like it may be unpopular or archaic.

      • sus@programming.dev
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        8 months ago

        It has quite a lot of meanings

        1. A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
        2. (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
        3. (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
        4. (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
        5. (zoology, UK, dialect, collective) A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
        6. (sports) A winning streak.
        7. (radio, television, dated) A series created by a web (major broadcasting network).
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      8 months ago

      In my experience a skein is a specific type of wound wool. It’s looped and then twisted and folded over. You can’t knit from a skein, you have to reball it first.