From experience - Totally agree about controlling the end and keeping it off the floor. If it’s a hank wind it into a cake or tidy center-pull ball first and keep it contained in a yarn bowl or even a sock; if the center starts to collapse and stop and rewind a bit. Also keep only one live strand out, tuck the tail, and every so often let the work dangle to release built-up twist before it turns into kinks.
