Patent ID: 6923401

Claim:
A method for unwinding a continuous length strand of elastomeric yarn from two or more coiled yarn packages, wherein each said yarn package has an inner diameter and an outer diameter, comprising: (a) removing at least a portion of a tubular core from each coiled yarn package to expose the inner diameter of each yarn package; (b) locating a beginning end of a yarn strand at the inner diameter of each yarn package; (c) exposing a loop of a strand of yarn from within a first yarn package at a point between the inner diameter and the outer diameter; (d) cutting the loop to form a first cut end and a second cut end; (e) connecting the first cut end of the first yarn package to the beginning end of a next yarn package; and (f) unwinding the elastomeric yarn by first pulling the beginning end of the first yarn package away from the first package and continuing to unwind elastomeric yarn from the next yarn package.