Thursday
Jul032008
Adding to my Arsenal
Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 12:54PM
Well folks, I'm adding to my arsenal, 2 NECESSITIES for any yarnaholic, like myself *-) I've been wanting to make these purchases for quite sometime now, and what drove me to actually making the buy? Well the last straw came this weekend when I bought Scout's newest Swag in Peach Pit, and of course it came in a beautiful braid/skein, and I loved the color so much that I started to knit the Elm Row pattern I just purchased from Knitspot.
Anyways, since I don't have a winder, I decided to manually wind the yarn into a ball, I wrapped the skein around a chair, and started winding. I was ok for a minute (I've done this before with no issues), and suddenly started running into all sorts of problems. Well several pain staking hours later, there I was caught in tangle after tangle after tangle, ruining my new precious Peach Pit yarn. I was able to carefully get rid of a majority of the tangled mess without ruining the yarn, and by the time I was ready for my next class, I was down to a small amount of tangles. By this time I was tired of dealing with it, and made the decisive decision to cut the thread, although reluctantly.
So, after this disaster, I've made the purchase, and will be getting these 2 new treasures to add to my arsenal in my "Mini-Fiber Studio" I'm putting together.
I'll be getting in about 5-10 days, this large Umbrella Swift
And also this Plastic Ball Winder
I can't wait for these to arrive! I'll be ready for any skein that comes my way! When I think of all the yarn cakes I can make with these 2 tools, ahh.. I'm in heaven! I did do some searching on pricing, and found that VillageSpinWeave had the best deal, offering the Umbrella Swift & Plastic Ball Winder as a bundle, great pricing!
I know I sound crazy, but if you've ever had precious yarn in a tangled mess, you feel my pain.
Anyways, since I don't have a winder, I decided to manually wind the yarn into a ball, I wrapped the skein around a chair, and started winding. I was ok for a minute (I've done this before with no issues), and suddenly started running into all sorts of problems. Well several pain staking hours later, there I was caught in tangle after tangle after tangle, ruining my new precious Peach Pit yarn. I was able to carefully get rid of a majority of the tangled mess without ruining the yarn, and by the time I was ready for my next class, I was down to a small amount of tangles. By this time I was tired of dealing with it, and made the decisive decision to cut the thread, although reluctantly.
So, after this disaster, I've made the purchase, and will be getting these 2 new treasures to add to my arsenal in my "Mini-Fiber Studio" I'm putting together.
I'll be getting in about 5-10 days, this large Umbrella Swift
And also this Plastic Ball Winder
I can't wait for these to arrive! I'll be ready for any skein that comes my way! When I think of all the yarn cakes I can make with these 2 tools, ahh.. I'm in heaven! I did do some searching on pricing, and found that VillageSpinWeave had the best deal, offering the Umbrella Swift & Plastic Ball Winder as a bundle, great pricing!
I know I sound crazy, but if you've ever had precious yarn in a tangled mess, you feel my pain.
tagged arsenal, braid, elm row, knitspot, mini fiber studio, peach pit, plastic ball winder, scouts swag, skein, umbrella swift, villagespinweave, yarn cakes in Crafts, Random
arsenal, braid, elm row, knitspot, mini fiber studio, peach pit, plastic ball winder, scouts swag, skein, umbrella swift, villagespinweave, yarn cakes in Crafts, Random
Reader Comments (3)
Yes I FEEL YOUR PAIN! Hey good for you:) Oh and don't go too crazy on the yarn cakes unless you are ready to use them... I say this only beacause if you leave them in a yarn cake for too long sometimes it stretches your yarn --you know the elasticity or memory in your yarn.... Plus what if you want to de-stash its easier if its in a skn.
Just sayin:)
Yeah- That's the best purchase I ever made too. So helpful!
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