Winding the yarn onto your daisy loom is done the same way, no matter what shape your loom is.

Hold your loom so that you have a pin or peg directly at the top and bottom.

Leave at least 4 inches of thread to darn in later. You can wind it around the knob on a daisy loom, or stick it to the back of a flower loom with some sticky tape.

Begin at the bottom, on the right of the pin and bring the end of the yarn (that is still connected to the skein) up to the left hand side of the top pin as shown in the diagram on the left.

Wind your yarn around the back of the top pin, then back to where you started.

Don't pull the yarn tight. It should be just snug enough to prevent it falling off. If you pull it tightly your flowers will be an uneven size and shape.

Wind your yarn around the back of the bottom pin, then up to the pin on the right hand side of the top one.

If this is awkward, rotate your loom anticlockwise while you wind so that the next pin is always at the top.

Bring the yarn back down to the right hand side of the next pin at the bottom as shown in the diagram on the left.

My loom on the left is wound twice with dk weight wool (that's 8 ply to my fellow Aussies).

When you're done, bring your yarn back to the centre of your flower, then measure the length of yarn you need to stitch your centre and cut the yarn.

I find that 12 inches is usually more than enough for most of the centre stitching styles on a 2 and a half inch loom.

Note: If you want to do a knotted edging leave an extra 12-15 inches of yarn.