Well, maybe I am windy too?
It’s so nice to be able to wind my own yarn at home. I am realizing that I used to put off so many projects just because I didn’t have a winder and a swift. No more! I love my new swift. Can winding yarn be an obsession too? 
Not that I’ve wound every hank of yarn I have in the house or anything. It is just a very exciting and new experience right now.
Here’s how to wind yarn with the squirrel cage swift (click photos for larger view):
Hang the hank over the top squirrel cage.
Lower the bottom squirrel cage. Watch out not to stretch the yarn too much. Just enough so that it wraps around the cages nicely.
“Whoa! Did the colors fade,” you ask? I forgot to take a photo of the second step with the first hank. So I did a makeup photo with the second hank.
Pull the yarn through the yarn guide of the winder and start winding.
You end up with beautiful yarn cakes. This still makes me go WOW!
:: end yarn winding demonstration ::
Answer to Micah’s question… Here’s the link to how Mr. Twisted came up with the guitar cozy idea. Scroll down to the older post.
Oh Jane, I am turning on Bad Behavior again. You know, the one that caused problem for you. But they updated several times so I am giving it another try. Spambots have decided that my blog is a good target, leaving numerous spam comments everyday. I just want to turn the plugin on to stop them from making comments. Let me know if this gives you problem again.
Note: see here for a little tip on using these vertical swifts.
OOh – I like the looks of that swift. Where did you get it? Did you already post about that and I missed it?
Nevermind my last post – I found your link. :-\ I love that yarn, too. Thanks for posting.
That is one very cool set up!
Ok. Time to swiftly put all that knitting stuff away that you’ve had out since I left. Coming home for Germany on Monday! Be prepared!
Dear Jason,
I think that swift is really neat! The yarn of course is beautiful and I’m sure you will knit a whole lot more now that you can wind a ball without going insane
Dear Jason,
Forgot to mention. I had to load stuff from Google to post here. Not really sure what it was that I needed but it works now!
Jason, thank you.
How’s it going?
That is a really cool swift! I’ve never seen one like it. I already have a swift, but now I want that one. I’m like that, you know; I want every cool new thing I see
Wow! It took me more than a week to get to replying to comments.
Cat, I’d bet Matty can crank out a few of these in no time. :: wink wink ::
Marianne, thanks! I am doing well. Mom’s mostly well. Some days she’s more tired than other days. But generally good. I’ll have a little update in the next post.
CB, you already know what’s been going on.
Jane, thanks! The yarn is fantastic. I’ll have a little bit of info on that in the next post. That’s really weird that you had to load stuff on your computer first to leave comment. I am glad that you got through. Let me know if anything else funny is going on.
Julie, thanks for stopping by. And sorry for the temptation.
Still enjoying the swift?
I think I’ll send you every skein of yarn I have to be wound into balls.
Have you moved yet?
Ted. Oh, I am not winding at the moment. But I sure love my swift! I have you to thank for that. If you send the skeins, I’ll wind them up. Do I have to return them?
No, we haven’t moved. With mom’s situatoin, we are trying not to bring it up. We are hoping to stay. At least for a while longer.