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susandennis

howeird,

mindyklasky,

fauxkloreand

opakele THANK YOU!!

I did not believe. But, you made me try. I could not believe that a ball winder and swift would be any easier - especially not $50 easier - than just winding by hand. Amazon is not getting these back. No way.

SOOOO wrong. Including the time it took me to unbox and figure out how to set up and how to operate, it was WAY faster and WAY easier. Easy, peasy, extra squeezy. Wow.

I get it now. And, thank you.

But, I'm going to finish this teddy bear before I do anything else.

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fionnabhar.livejournal.com

I just looked up a video on how they work, and it seemed to work well for little fancy skeins. Would it work for something as low-rent as Red Heart jumbo skeins? I know of no way they can be untwisted into that big circle because they’re wound differently.

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susandennis

GREAT q. And I think yes. As long as the yarn pulls out, it should work fine. I had about 1/3rd of one of those big yarn cakes of elcheapo yarn leftover last night and quickly wound it into a new ball/cake with ease.

I don't have any Red Heart jumbo on hand but I do have the very low rent (and densely packed) Caron Simply Soft. When I get back from the pool this morning, I'll give one of those a try and report back.

From:

opakele.livejournal.com

I do lots of afghans and use Red Heart. I do center pull from a Red Heart skein. It can be a challenge, because the skeins are wound differently, but it is doable. Once I get the center pull working, I do wind the skein on the winder. It is some work, but I find it worth the effort.