Yarn winder bandwagon

threeolivemartini · January 16, 2005

that is EXACTLY the one i have..

a monkey could use this thing.. its THAT easy..

princsstrish · January 16, 2005

that's the one i have and it is soooooo easy and simple, Even my boyfriend can use it

MsSunflwr · January 17, 2005

That's the exact one that I have also. I bought mine from the same seller for around $27.00 new in the box. I think I got a great deal. Is anyone mixing yarns and creating their own custom mix?

Julie · January 17, 2005

Is anyone mixing yarns and creating their own custom mix?

Me!!! :hi

Just be careful of your tension as you wind the two strands together. If not you end up with too much of one strand and not enough of the other. I learned the hard way. :oops

threeolivemartini · January 17, 2005

i do it too .. and yes you have to be aware.. but most of the time its not too bad ..

unless you have a really stretchy and a real not stretchy one and that gets a little crazy

JPorter718 · January 18, 2005

I bought one :woohoo I bought one :woohoo

And I just have to say that I absolutely LOVE it! :heart

It's so easy to use and it makes such pretty center-pull balls.

My hubby even wanted to try it and thought it was 'pretty cool' :hyper

I have the same blue/white Royal winder as everyone else. It's FANTASTIC - such a great invention and well well worth the money.

Off to wind some more! :spina

Piper0110 · January 18, 2005

I want mine! I broke down and bought one with a 50% off coupon from JoAnn's. But it's not here yet.

January 19, 2005

I got one on Ebay. Can't wait to get it! YIPPIE!

Pat:sheepjump :wave

Piper0110 · January 23, 2005

It's here, it's here! I love it! I've already wound up all of my partial skeins, now working on the yarn from a sweater I unraveled. Funny how a little yarn winder can make me so happy.

xantha · January 24, 2005

I don't know how I lived without my yarn winder before! <img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/rowofhearts.gif" />

It makes it all so easy! I have rsi issues with both wrists and I found that winding yarn tends to aggravate it more than crocheting, so I, uh, rationalized the purchase that way. <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/blush.gif" />

My puppy likes to bark at the yarn while I wind the balls up...

crochetdiva · January 24, 2005

OK so now I want to cry. My mom had one for years and I asked her about it the other day. She sold it at a garage sale. AAAAAARRRRRGGGHH!!!! I used to play with it all the time when I was little. I never knew that one day I would want it for myself.

:ducky :ducky :ducky

woolandflax · January 28, 2005

Okay ya'll, I admit I'm wanting one too but hubby can't see why I need one!! :ohdear

he has his own little system going.

I keep telling him though, I'll let him use it when I get it!!

(sometimes:D! )

~Rebecca

MarvieN · January 28, 2005

:rotfl Looks like you have a perfectly good yarnwinder right there :rollin

threeolivemartini · January 28, 2005

i ahve to agree with marvie.. save the 30 bucks and buy more yarn !

Piper0110 · January 28, 2005

Rebecca, that is one of the best pictures I've ever seen. What a great husband you have. Now that's someone who supports your addiction.

woolandflax · January 28, 2005

Yeah, I'm pretty attached to him!:)h He doesn't even blink when I say I'm going shopping for yarn or if I show him my receipts. :eek2 Of course, I'm the one who does the bills and the checkbook so that's probably why.:hee I think I better hold onto that chore for my own safety! lol

~Rebecca

Donna · January 31, 2005

Oh, man, I love those photos, Rebecca! That is priceless! :)h

MsSunflwr · February 2, 2005

I agree Rebecca! I haven't gotten my boyfriend to actually wind yarn for me yet, but he has agreed to, as long as we are watching boxing:rolleyes

But my neices and my nephew really love winding the yarn for me. I have a cute photo of Journey winding yarn in my studio on my blog page. She thinks she is crocheting right now. They were fighting for a turn at the winder, I told them to relax, there was plenty for everyone to wind. I would have attached it here, but I am nowhere near as computer savy as everyone else seems to be, so please visit my blog, and leave me a comment please.

My blog

RebeccaVelasquez · February 2, 2005

hubby doesn't wind my yarn, but he does card my wool, while he's watching football. oh no.... it's almost over! what am i going to do now!?!:eek2

yarnjunkie · February 4, 2005

Ok, now I have some yarn winder questions. :thinking2

* How big a ball can be made with this thing?

* Can you only make pull skeins/balls?

...Non-ball winder question...

*What is the difference between a hank and a skein?

That's all I can think of for now, but I'm sure there will be more to come...

...Inquiring Minds Want To Know!!

monkeemaven · February 5, 2005

Great pictures, Rebecca! So where can we find a guy like that?

* How big a ball can be made with this thing?
* Can you only make pull skeins/balls?

...Non-ball winder question...

*What is the difference between a hank and a skein?

How big a ball? Yardage depends on the yarn weight; the largest I've done is about 6" across / ~600 yards of worsted weight. 1300 yards of laceweight works into one ball quite easily.

It makes center pull balls best; I suppose you could tuck the center-pull end back inside and pull from the outside, but I don't see why.

A hank is a big loopy thing. (like these) It's powerful difficult to knit straight from one as it's just... a big loopy thing. Often hanks are twisted up a bit more - like Cascade 220 - when sold in stores.

Skeins are the ovalish things which seem most common at Hobby Lobby, Wal-Mart, Michael's... they're center-pull and usually can be knit from that form. Examples include most Red Heart anything, Lion Wool-ease, Jiffy, Fisherman's wool... I guess most Lion, though I've seen a few which are center-pull balls with a cardboard tag stuck in the center. Oh, there's a pic... Lamb's Pride comes in skein form.

I guess Fun Fur and other common novelty yarns are in skein form, too, but finding the center is a crap shoot.

Keep asking questions I can answer! It makes me feel smart!

(My recent ball winder excitement: Before ; after. )

yarnjunkie · February 6, 2005

Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. I kinda feel like a DUMB:donkey but I figure it's the only way I'll learn, right?!

woolandflax · February 11, 2005

WhoooHOOOOOO!!!!!:woohoo :woohoo

Hubby just let me get my ball winder!!!

We're realizing that when handwinding the cone yarns, it twists it all up something awful!! So since i get more for "his" money buying it on the cone, he said to get a ball winder!!!

Now I can hardly wait for it to get here!!! :mail

~Rebecca

MarvieN · February 11, 2005

Yay Rebecca! You'll love it and hubby will wonder how he ever got by without it

Deb · February 15, 2005

:cheer2 :cheer2 :cheer2 :cheer2 :cheer2 :cheer2

Two Four Six Eight

Winding yarn is REALLY Great!!!

:cheer2 :cheer2 :cheer2 :cheer2 :cheer2 :cheer2

(oh... in case you're wondering... yah.. I got a yarn ball winder in the mail today. wooo! :woohoo )

It truly is a

:h-val

And I can tell you right now... I will be winding yarn til there's no yarn left... and then the sweaters in my house are in complete danger of being frogged. :wink

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