#skein

[chickenly]

Fashionably late? Maybe. Finally got a solid reference done for my VS seraph, Tinsel. Featuring their cool ... friends? Yeah!

Hungry, hungry blackguard. They're in rough shape and can't seem to remember much at all. It's probably fine tho. Bonaventure & Skein are @reliquarian, Gangue is @nuclearloop, Pavise and our trader for scale is @pythosblathers, Thatch is @deadwooddross

[anartificialsatellite]

Yarn people: Is "skein" pronounced skane (long a, IPA [eɪ]) or skeen (long e, IPA [i])?

Skane with an [eɪ], and I am from/live in the US.

Skeen with an [i], and I am from/live in the US.

Skane with an [eɪ], and I am from/live in the UK or Ireland.

Skeen with an [i], and I am from/live in the UK or Ireland.

Skane with an [eɪ], and I am from/live in Canada.

Skeen with an [i], and I am from/live in Canada.

Skane with an [eɪ], and I am from/live in Australia or New Zealand.

Skeen with an [i], and I am from/live in Australia or New Zealand.

Skane with an [eɪ], and I am from/live in another English-speaking region.

Skeen with an [i] and I am from/live in another English-speaking region.

Skane with an [eɪ] and I am not from/don't live in an English-speaking region.

Skeen with an [i], and I am not from/don't live in an English-speaking region.

Voting ended onNov 24, 2025

Please feel free to add any further detail you'd like to share in the tags, such as:

Whether you are a native speaker or not, and if not, what your native language is

More specific location information (e.g. I am from the US and live in the mountain west)

Whether you have heard one or both of these pronunciations before

Any other info you'd like to share!

I tried to make this poll as inclusive as possible without cluttering up the results, but it really is my own curiosity here so I am super interested in any other info you have to share about this.

NOTE: if you don't pronounce it either way please share that as well! I think there's certainly more variation than just these two but these are the two biggest ones I have heard.

[thequarksaregonnaexplode]

How much yarn do you have?

None

1-5 skeins

6-10 skeins

11-15 skeins

16-20 skeins

21+ skeins

Voting ended onJan 14, 2024

[bonusdragons]

February 17, 2026:

Storm Primary, Sandsurge, Pinstripe.

Skein of Linu's clan!

[katskrochet]

[galleryofart]

Winding the Skein

Artist: Frederic Leighton 1st Baronet (British, 1830-1896)

Date: c. 1878

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

[zwierendezwam]

Wanted to show off these few skeins i have spun

Theyre so leaf-yyyyy

[staticonthestratosphere]

Because I can't get a straight answer from a lot of my crafty friends, help a homie out!

What do you call the middle of the yarn when it comes out of the skein by accident?

Yarn barf

Yarn squirrel/animal

Fucking annoying

Something else (please leave in the tags!)

Voting ended onMar 26, 2023