This will come in handy for the next knitting project getting started - hopefully, this week sometime.
UPDATE: Here's the swift in action with the yarn ball winder.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
NOT Taylor Swift
After hours and hours of winding yarn into balls - and untangling messes that come with that process - I finally purchased a new toy to make it easier. This is called a "SWIFT" and it takes the place of holding the skein of yarn between two arms, on the back of a chair, or even with my own feet! The swift holds the skeins while they are wound up using a ball winder (it has a handle like a cranking car window).
Many yarn shops will wind yarn for you - some for free and some will do it for a small charge. Either way, it takes quite awhile to wait your turn for the yarn to be wound. This way, I can do it myself on an "as needed" basis. I have yet to find a yarn shop on-line that will send the yarn pre-wound.
This will come in handy for the next knitting project getting started - hopefully, this week sometime.
UPDATE: Here's the swift in action with the yarn ball winder.
This will come in handy for the next knitting project getting started - hopefully, this week sometime.
UPDATE: Here's the swift in action with the yarn ball winder.
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so awesome! as I was winding my yarn just this afternoon I thought of these cool things! :)
ReplyDeleteMe thinks you ladies ought to go into business winding people's yarn for them --- or selling it pre-wound at a mark-up. THERE'S A MARKET FOR THIS OUT THERE, FOLKS! Maybe Dave would give you a start-up loan through Fifth Third.
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