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Thursday, 12 October 2006
Homemade yarn swift
I don't mind to manually unwind a hunk of yarn into ball, but the most annoying part is to untwist and untangle along the way. I usually put the yarn around a huge pillow and unwind it very slowly and my arm hurts after a few ball of yarn. After searching around, I can't find any local store selling either yarns swift or ball winder and if I purchase online the shipping cost are way too expensive. So, I came out with a very brief sketch and my husband help me on the detail measurement and the fixing part.. I hand over the drawing to one of my office worker and TA..DAh..he have cut out all the parts for me with the scraps material that leftover from other jobs..and guess what..it only cost me $1.50 for the screw.!! Now I could unwind the yarn without any pain but I think I would consider a ball winder since I can't work that out.
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Great idea using the 1" thick arcylic - I have the exact one in wood!
Posted by: Lisa | Thursday, 12 October 2006
That's wonderful! You should get a ball winder, too--they are so helpful!
Posted by: Angela | Friday, 13 October 2006
wow! Look at it go! Great crafting : )
Posted by: Amanda Cathleen | Friday, 13 October 2006
*blick eyes 3 times and mouth open*
AMAZING!!!
normally what i do is, turn the chair up side down so u will get 4 corner to support the yarn.easier to wind from there. :)
regg
Posted by: regg | Friday, 13 October 2006
Oooooo fascinating and uber-cool! Fantastic idea, you could start marketing those in Malaysia and make a fortune!!! =)
Posted by: Rain | Friday, 13 October 2006
I SO WANT ONE! :P
Posted by: Mei | Saturday, 14 October 2006
Great idea!
Posted by: Andrea Jones | Monday, 16 October 2006
Amazing! It's great that you & your husband made this out of around-the-house materials!
Congrats :)
Your TeaSwap Pal
Posted by: TeaSwapKnitter | Tuesday, 17 October 2006
How creativ! I'm full of admiration of idea and handwork, which go brilliant together! Great job, really.
Your SP9
Posted by: SP9 | Wednesday, 18 October 2006
Holy cow, that's amazing. You should submit this to Make 'zine.
Posted by: mindy | Monday, 23 October 2006