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.
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