I built me a wooden jig that I can put on the floor. This jig has two "hands" sticking up that I open up the skein and put on. I then get one end of the chenille to unraveling and then I start wrapping it around one of those holders. If I run into a spot where the chenille gets twisted up, I just worm that holder through and keep going. Tedious... but it pays off for me in the long run cause my chenille is now very easy to get to and take off just as much as I need.