I have been wanting a yarn swift and ball winder for a while now. I tend to buy yarn and not use it right away and then I need to wind it. I've tried hand winding yarn and it was disasterous (see previous posts.)
Last Sunday I found this post by Bronte at Confessions of a Graveyard Gypsy. Knitting Badger made her a yarn swift from these directions. I thought, hey, I can do that! So that was our 4th of July project. It's not very pretty, but it seems functional. You can see it's a little off balanced from the pic but we are going to pick up another washer and wing nut for the top to try and sturdy it up a little.
Now all I need is a ballwinder! he he he
4 comments:
Great job! I may just have to follow your example. I've been needing a swift for ages!! :)
Awesome! Looks like it's as good as store-bought.
Thats so cool..
I printed out the same swift and Hubby was going to " help" me but then I got saw a used one and he said Buy it..LOL
I got the ball winder already :)
Also a used one but like new...
http://pennyknits.blogspot.com/
It looks good. I am glad you have found my link and hope you have enjoyed your swift! :)
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