Woodworking Plans For A Yarn Ball Winder. EASY STORAGE: Removable spindle and a yarn guide arm that folds make for compact storage while still allowing quick and easy assembly. WINDS YARN: This Knit Picks Ball Winder lets you transform yarn hanks and skeins into compact center-pull cakes that sit nicely while you knit and crochet.
Sarah Rudder improvised this ingenious way to make a yarn swift and ball winder on the cheap from just a lazy susan, a dish rack, a turkey baster PLAN C LIVE: Re-Opening Makerspaces in Libraries. Notice the nice crosswound center-pull "cake" it makes. Follow along at the link and see how it was done.
Turning hanks into easy to use balls, makes bringing home new yarn that much more enjoyable.
Using a yarn ball winder will let you save precious time you would otherwise spend winding a ball Only if you plan on processing huge amounts of yarn at a time would be investing in an electrical We normally suggest people buy the yarn ball winder by KnitPicks if it is their first time buying a winder.
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