A yarn feeding funnel for a textile spinning machine having an upper shaft portion and a body portion. A yarn inlet opening in the upper shaft portion is radially offset from the axis of rotation of the yarn feeding funnel and facilitates the formation of a yarn balloon of controlled extent between the yarn inlet opening and a yarn guiding eye which is coaxial with the funnel rotation axis. A plurality of alternative yarn inlet openings, each at a predetermined, different radial spacing from the funnel rotation axis, may be provided to vary the characteristics, such as the diameter, of the yarn balloon formed between the yarn inlet opening and the yarn guiding eye.