Re: [lace] Skein swift
On 11/5/15 11:19 PM, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: When, on the rare occasions I have to wind a skein, I just put 2 chairs - kitchen chair types, - back to back, and then place the skein around the back of the chairs, and separate them, until the skein is firm around them. Then - wind, and wind, and wind...!! It is a cheap way out if you only have an occasional skein to wind. It also gets you some weight-bearing exercise on days when the weather is too nasty to go outside. (I unwind the skeins by walking around the chairs.) Once I needed to wind a skein of knitting yarn in a hotel room that was bereft of suitable chairs. I hung the skein on a doorknob, lifted off a few coils and laid them out zig-zag across the room, then wound my way back to the skein and lifted off a few more coils. -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Skein swift
This is the system I use too! My grandmother used to do this with wool skeins. Regards from Antje in Spain: today the sun is here again, after a week of rain. www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Skein swift
When, on the rare occasions I have to wind a skein, I just put 2 chairs - kitchen chair types, - back to back, and then place the skein around the back of the chairs, and separate them, until the skein is firm around them. Then - wind, and wind, and wind...!! It is a cheap way out if you only have an occasional skein to wind. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. - where we have had some rain at last! lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
