I was expecting something like a cute set of notions or a funny tape measure or a pretty skein of yarn, so I was COMPLETELY surprised to pull THIS out of the box:
Holy crap, a ball winder!
I have a swift, but have been meaning to get a ball winder for a long time. It's not that I necessarily mind winding all those balls by hand, but it's the rolling around and onto the floor part that gets irritating sometimes. Whenever I've knit from a yarn cake, I always marvel at how it just stays put and doesn't move. So well-behaved!
I immediately set it up and wound some yarn. These are most of the balls from my half-finished Ab Fab Throw (there are two more balls of mohair that I just didn't want to deal with). It took about 5 minutes. Wow, that was fast.
And look, yarn cakes are much easier to balance on kitty heads!
So now I will be tempted to do nothing but wind cakes of yarn, instead of "useful" things like laundry or my taxes (procrastinating much?). I can't believe I went all this time without one of these devices. Thank you so much Karen! You are the very best most super-awesomest of friends. =)
5 comments:
yay for yarn-on-cat pictures! She might kill you in your sleep, but until then, keep them coming!
Score! That was seriously the best thing I ever bought (aka stole from my parent's house).
You're very welcome! I just couldn't have you wasting more precious knitting time winding yarn by hand. And it's oddly therapeutic, isn't it? =D
I'm glad you like it, and hope you get lots of good use out of it!
Ball winders are wonderful. My MIL gifted hers to me. I was SO grateful. It makes winding balls super quick and eliminates the need to stuff your yarn in a basket so it doesn't roll all over the floor. Have fun with your new toy! But, you shouldn't annoy the cat so much. =)
I .need. a ball winder to make balls of yarn and hats for Mr Puffy! Very cute picture :)
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