vyyhti

Vyyhti is a Finnish noun that primarily denotes a bundle, coil, or skein of yarn or thread wound into a compact mass for storage or use in textile work. In practical textile contexts, a vyyhti refers to a length of yarn prepared for use, typically described in English as a skein or hank, and it is usually unwound as yarn is worked. The word is native to Finnish and widely used in knitting, weaving, and dyeing terminology; a common compound is villavyyhti, meaning a wool skein.

Beyond textiles, vyyhti can describe any tangled mass of objects and is frequently used metaphorically to refer to a complicated situation or a jumble of problems. In this figurative sense, phrases such as koko vyyhti convey the sense of a comprehensive tangle or entanglement.

See also: skein, hank, yarn, textile terminology.