Tag Archives: swift

If You Use A Vertical Swift…

Oops! I meant to blog about this in… what… April, 2007!?! (Just click on the photo below and you’ll see the date that it was taken on Flickr.) Anyway, if you use a vertical swift similar to the one that I have, and you have problem getting tightly wound yarn cakes, lubricate the moving parts [...]

Where To Begin

We had super strong wind in Southern California last Thursday. I had some Thai food delivered. The smell of burning fire was immediately noticeable as soon as I opened the door when the delivery guy showed up. I thought it was weird that someone had a fire going. The delivery guy commented, “strange that people [...]

I Am Not Windy. I Am Winding.

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? [...]