When I buy yarn I always opt out of having it wound because I never get to use it right away. I end up winding my balls by hand right before I use them. I have a ton of knitting tools, in many cases multiples, but when it comes to winding skeins I use chairs, my husbands hands, my own feet... Just the other day I had a skein of yarn layed out in a circle on the floor and I was cursing all of the tangles I was making while trying to wind my ball, it was really slowing me down and so frustrating.
I told my husband "You know what's funny? They make a tool for this."
All these years of knitting and ball winding, I've finally come to my senses... It helps that Knit Picks was blowing them out at $50 a piece!
I just wound my first ball this morning using my new swift, it went very smoothly, no tangles. I am a very happy knitter :)
I got my ball winder last year from Knit Picks and I have not regretted a second. Love it! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteyaaayy!!! i really was thinking of getting a swift too... one day soon :) i have also just wound a ball of malabrigo ;) and am halfway knitting through rae. it is my little treat to myself :) on my new knitpicks no less!
ReplyDeleteHaha! This is pretty much how I finally got around to having a ball winder and a swift! Don't regret it at all!
ReplyDeleteLove my swift and you'll love yours too!
ReplyDeleteI recently blogged about my swift purchase from Knit Picks, too, and love it to bits!
ReplyDeletesooo the fact that you're winding that lovely skein of malabrigo means you're knitting with it... what'cha makin'?
ReplyDeleteThis looks AMAZING! I think I need to get one! I'm that same as you I always wait to wind a ball... and yep.. it sure likes to get tangled sometimes....
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