For very fine yarns such as used in bobbin lace, umbrella swifts are not the best. Towards the end of ending off, the skein may drop leaving a tangled mess. Instead a skein winder (not a ball winder) such as used on charkas work well. I use that type for silks, fine cottons and linens.
Sue M, Master Handspinner > On Nov 4, 2015, at 22:51, Bev Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Julie, Brenda and everyone > > An umbrella swift is good to hold a skein for winding directly onto a > bobbin (spool, shuttle) :) > > It is possible to wind from a skein without a swift, or a willing pair of > arms to hold the skein for you. Place the skein on a flat surface, place > weights opposite each other within the skein so it is made taut, and > carefully wind off what is needed. > > For a precise amount per bobbin e.g. for large-grid projects, commercially > prepared skeins are usually wound by the yard or metre. Measure once around > to find the unit. Mark the beginning of the round in some way and count the > passes as you wind it off. > > As Brenda mentioned, ravelry does use 'skein' to refer to the commercial > put-up unit of a yarn, whether it is a ball, cone or skein. > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Brenda Paternoster < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> ... If you try to use it directly you will soon learn why you >> shouldn’t; it will sooner or later end up in a tangled mess. >> >>> I don't think the instruction is exactly that I must never wind bobbins >>> directly from skein. > -- > Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of > Canada > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
