My New Swift

[jdee]

Sunday, my DH made me a swift, and I wanted to show it to all of you. Wow, I can't believer how much faster winding a hank of yarn is now.

[mdog182]

awwww how sweet of him! i need to commission my handy boyfriend into making me one.....he could probably figure it out

[Mulderknitter]

My husband IS my swift. I like making him sit with me for 20 min or so!

[boo1]

Sunday, my DH made me a swift, and I wanted to show it to all of you. Wow, I can't believer how much faster winding a hank of yarn is now.

What a nice husband! I'd love to have a swift.

[redwitch]

They're quite easy to make guys! Just a spinning cross. There are tutes online somewhere. Remember to make them big enough, my first go was too small (whoops)

[jdee]

Here is a link to a homemade swift. http://www.craftydiversions.com/patt...yarn_swift.htm
My husband followed the instructions for the top part of it, but instead of making the bottom part, he just screwed it onto a lazy susan. It didn't take him very long once he got started.

[Debkcs]

Great idea! My LYS will wind yarns for customers, including yarns bought other places, as long as you buy something from them at the time. Not a bad deal, I can always find something!

[PurlyGyrl]

[cftwo]

Oh, I like that better than the clamp-to-the-table ones. And...there are a few like this for sale on Etsy, though they didn't do the lazy susan option.