Want To Know How To Use a Ball Winder and Swift?
Using a swift and ball winder is really a piece of cake when you know how! (pun intended because we will be rolling up a skein into a yarn cake!). All you need is to grab some supplies and we'll be ready to get started!
What you'll need...
- Tabletop swift or Umbrella Swift - We love using our Paradise Fibers Swift and Ball Winder , but you can use any kind of tabletop swift or umbrella swift you like.
- A ballwinder of some kind. The old royal ball winders rocked but those are no longer around. Here is a selection of ball winders that work well.
Next up all you need is a skein of yarn and you're ready to go!
Instructions:
1. Set up the Yarn Swift and Ball Winder
Before you can wind a ball using a yarn swift and ball winder, you need to set up your equipment. Our swift is a table swift that sits on any kitchen table or similar making it easy! The ball winder clamps to the end of a table using the bottom piece to attach. It should look something like the photo below!
2. Placing the Yarn on the Swift
First you will just lay your yarn out around the swift pegs and cut off any tags or extra yarn wrapped around that's holding it all together. It should lay nice and snug but not to tight on your swift. from here you can take the end piece and wrap it through the metal loops on the ball winder. It should look like the photos below.
3. Wind your yarn!
From here all you do is keep winding until all the yarn is used up off the swift. You should have a nice yarn cake at the end that you can just gently pull up and off the ball winder.
If you'd like to see a more in depth tutorial on this process or see our swift in action we've put a video below showing all the steps with some great advice and tips!