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## Step #5: 

Now that you have formed the base for your ball, hold your thumb on the spot where the free end of yarn is coming out and your fingers are on the opposite side. (We will call the side with your thumb the top and the other side the bottom.) Hold the free end of yarn in the palm of your hand with your little finger. 

## Step #6: 

Now, gently wind yarn from the bottom, toward you, across top of ball, keeping the yarn close to your thumb. Keep turning the ball slowly counter-clockwise. Be very careful to keep your thumb in the hole you form as you wind, and keep the free end of yarn free. Be sure you wind the ball loosely. Always wind from bottom across top—never around sides. If the ball becomes too pointed on the bottom, squeeze it more tightly between thumb and fingers. 

## Step #7: 

When the yarn is all wound, tuck the end under several loops of yarn. When you are ready to crochet, the free end you hold in the palm of your hand will pull out easily and the ball will not roll away. 

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