Well okay, it's a bit crude, but it works! Loath to shell out over £40 for a 'proper' one and fed up using the backs of chairs, my knees and my husband, I had a small brain wave. The dumbbells are heavy enough to stay put and because they're plastic coated the yarn unwinds smoothly around them, with a little helping hand from me now and again, and it then feeds into my ball winder on my desk above. So, I've spent a very therapeutic afternoon winding up the last of my hand-dyed skeins. Job done!
How colourful they all look. Now they're all ready to be knitted up into lovely socks......that's the fun bit! ;)
Wow! That's a lot of yarn - you have been busy dyeing!I love the improvised swift - necessity usually is the mother of invention. When we are desperate enough we can find solutions:-))
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Arrghh...I must get my current WIPs finished first, before starting any more socks! But there are definitely more Cookie A socks and my designs in the pipeline soon! :)
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