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Crafts

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

1. Find a yarn friend who owns a

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 02:57 AM

Oct 2013

ball winder and a swift. If you're going to be buying lots of yarn that needs winding, you should buy those two things yourself. Good ones are not cheap. A ball winder will start at around $40.00, and a swift around the same amount. Buy good ones. Solicit them as gifts.

A few years ago my wonderful sister gave me both those items as a birthday present, and I couldn't be more grateful.

It is my understanding that the swift (which holds the yarn so it can be wound) was invented by sailors.