Abstract: A yarn package take-up tube having a pair of non-parallel slots extending inwardly from the periphery of the tube along the length thereof in a converging fashion. The pair of slots form a passageway through the walls of the tube so that yarn running therethrough will tend to flow in a substantially straight line interiorly of the tube and between the pair of slots. In practicing the process, the slotted opening within the take-up package allows running yarn to be engaged within the passageway formed by the slots with a single scooping motion without severing the yarn so that the running yarn can continue to pass through the slots as the take-up tube is placed in the yarn collections on specification.