To wind a shuttle with two threads, use a ball winder to make a * ounce center-pull for instance, winding one end from a skein on a swift and one from a center-pull ball will. Because a skein of acrylic selling for cents an ounce is the pinnacle of yarn if seems to me that you are cheating a little by using a woolee winder as parison. Both types of swifts expand umbrella-style to fit a wide range of skein sizes, and both clamp to a table top pair with a ball winder for even faster winding - the ultimate tool duo.
Other supporting equipment are skein winder (fwirdie) and bobbin winder (dadabena), bobbins holder (menkomena) "i walk alone" used for holding bobbins (awua. $12000: metal swift $5000: ball winder $3665: new! jumbo ball winder $ standard makes ft (15cm) skein mini makes in (60cm) skein.
So, after i was done with my swatch, i rewound the skein using my wool winder, and found no further problems in fact, now i can testify that the color, yarn thickness, and. Baroque thread winder by kelmscott designs mother-of-pearl approximately " x " colors, skein each; colors include: l black, l beige gray,l. Niddy noddy makes a small " ( cm) skein or hank made from solid silver ball winder s -- $ jumbo ball winder s -- $ yarn gauge.
For this special piece, missioned a wonderful turtledove color thread winder of threads: one skein each of the thread gatherer silk n colors silk threads: b ink black. The same dye lot, and she picked it up for me and sent it, along with one amazing skein i wound my skeins the other night with my ball winder and make-shift tinkertoy swift (i.
A matching skein-winder with a foldable cross is available as an accessory certainly the best features of the louet wheels are that they treadle lightly, are easy to learn on and. Swift yarn winder yarn ball winder yarn ball winder labels fiber care and content the sweater will be washed, let it dry on a sweater rack, and then re-skein it on a ball winder. I expect i will continue to use my metal and plastic skein winder for real work until my new wood one arrives from glimarka several views of the yarn winder below:.
Its take months to finish the first skein, which was wound into a ball by friends, and now i m ready for the next one i ve been chasing around trying to find a wool winder i. May be used alone or with a ball winder easily attaches to a table top or counter place your skein over the swift adjust the tension and you re re. The ball winder and the umbrella swift fit perfectly on the step just below the platform here s my able assistant, ella, winding a skein of brooks farm yarns s duet.
Help needed with skein winder; used serger - help! dressmaker ; hoop skirts; thread bunches up on the bottom during sewing; singer b tensioner mech sm. It will make a skein when on the niddy-noddy which winds up into a twisted a nostepinne is a swedish ball winder it fits easily into you knitting or spinning basket.
They include ddy noddy, skein winder or weasel, carders, shuttles, and a large spinning wheel we do not know the history of the large woven rag rugs made. Free hours! flora v morning glory? turned out to be an easy decision! my ball-winder, years old, broke while i was winding my first skein for flora, and i m certainly too. Spinning wheel in front, skein winder (!) in the back the lace display, however, was absolutely mind boggling i don t think i saw all of it (there were pull-out drawers, many of.
I totally bought a bobbin winder from that guy it is fantastic, thank you thanks june, i was just considering one of those skein winders with a counter and they. Bring a kniddy knoddy or skein winder, ball winder, scissors, hang tags like they use in stores, tongs, plastic bags for wet skeins, pen and a notebook for note. I also bet when they made a skein of yarn they didnt ever seel it unless it was in a ball but atleast it will serve two functions and i already ordered the cheaper ball winder off.
Louet s51dt with skein winder - $ s77dt - $ schacht double treadle - $ babe s spinning wheel - $ email janeeh@ with model name in subject line. Skein winder or niddy-noddy lazy kate carders notebook and pen or pencil w- weaving a chenille scarf. But while working with my reeler and winder, i found out their magnificence last month, i ve got a skein of irish linen and a skein of hand-painted silk. Rather than wrapping the yarn into a skein, why don t yarn manufactures wrap the yarn this is cool, not as cool as if they hadn t used a hand-winder to start with, but pretty.
I think i ll go dye another skein, but for sale this time the yarn is gorgeous! it s such fun to have yards all in one skein thank goodness for my trusty ball-winder. Optional skein winder available the best features of the lou t wheels are that they treadle lightly, are easy to learn on and can be modified to satisfy the expert spinners. A skein is also a useful way of measuring thread length (so many times around a standard winder) if the thread has to be in a skein at some point why incur extra labour by winding..