Lexi, you can pull from both ends of a skein, but you will have to watch for tangles. Unless you are able to stand the skein on end and pull up, it will tangle/twist badly and you will just have to stop every once in a while and untwist it. Another option is to wind the skein into two balls. A small kitchen or postal scale will make it very easy. Even though the band states that the skein is a pound, weigh it anyway (you'd be surprised how many times I've found that the skein is a little light), then just start winding (pulling from the center) and weigh the ball occasionally until you have a ball that is half that weight. That is a pretty accurate way to go.

Perhaps this will help? Weight~~~~~~~~~~Stitches~~~~~Inches~~~~~Needle Size Fingering Weight~~~28sts~~~~~~4 inches~~~~~~~1-3(baby yarn) Sport Weight~~~~~24sts~~~~~~4 inches~~~~~~~3-5 Double Knit Weight~20sts~~~~~~4 inches~~~~~~~4-6 Worsted Weight~~~24sts~~~~~~4 inches~~~~~~~5-7 Worsted Weight~~~20sts~~~~~~4 inches~~~~~~~6-8(larger) Bulky Weight~~~~~16sts~~~~~~4 inches~~~~~~~10-13

I've not made any dishcloths or washcloths from microfiber yarn, but I also would think it would be great. I've made a lot of baby blankets with Plymouth Yarn Company's Dreambaby DK, which is a blend of acrylic and microfiber and it is soooo soft. I keep planning on making some washcloths/dishcloths with the yarn that's left over from the blankets. Maybe someday soon I'll get around to actually doing that! :-)

Ah yes, the thrift store bag...that's where these came from too! I consider such purchases the purest expression of my past life as a magpie, since I have *no* knowledge of knitting/crocheting, I just like pretty yarn LOL! Good idea to volunteer at the thrift shop, although at ours the employees aren't allowed to purchase anything for three days. That would drive me crazy. We found something I've been looking for *forever* yesterday, some excellent-condition interesting-lined truly Danish teak nesting tables--they went out yesterday and I plucked them right off the floor--if I'd had to wait 3 days they'd definitely have been gone with the active vulture population around where I live :)