Ball Winder

Small, but durable!

This is a good quality, blue and cream wool yarn winder. Will wind 50 grams easily. Center Pull or outside pull.

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Royal Jumbo Ball Winder

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Angelika's Recommendation !

These are quality winders, made in Japan. Beautiful workmanship. Metal and Plastic.

Will do large 500gram balls. The distance between the wings is 10.75 inches, and the skirt is 8 inches in diameter.

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PDF instructions for Jumbo Ball Winder

These are my favorite yarn swifts. Beautifully finished, and the threads on the two bolts are very well done and clean. They are a finely finished birch for supporting skeins of yarn of various sizes. The medium size is said to hold up to a 60" circumference skein, but the way I measure it, I can get a 70" circumference hank of yarn on it. I've set this one up in the store. What better way to determine how good or bad a swift is! And it spins more freely than any other wood swift we've been using.

Finished Birch Swift
($70 + $3 for heavy weight)

Angelika's Recommendation !

Medium Size: for skeins up to 60"

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Finished Birch Swift
($82 + $3 for heavy weight)

Angelika's Recommendation !

Large Size: for skeins up to 100"

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A wool or yarn swift is used to hold a hank of yarn. You simply unfold the hank, slip it over the swift and push the swift open. It unwinds as you make balls or measure a warp. This swift will handle hanks up to 62 inches in circumference.

Light Yarn Swift

Metal and Plastic Yarn Swift made in China.

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Made of plastic and metal and will hold skeins up to one pound and sixty inches in circumference.

There is one more thing I want to say about this inexpensive swift. I tend to keep going back to it here in the store. I teach my customers how to wind their own hanks of yarn. This frees me up to help others, and from the sounds of chatter, I think they enjoy it. This swift spins freely without any drag. This creates a looser ball of yarn. It is important that our balls of yarn are not tight, therefore stretching our yarn. In fact, I recommend that you do not wind your hanks of yarn into balls until you are ready to immediately start knitting from that ball.

While it is true that this swift will not last under heavy use, and while it was broke by a new user, I tend to always have one available. Even if it means purchasing a new one for store use every few years.

Heavy Duty Swift. $75 + $5 due to heavy shipping

Traditional Scandinavian style, from Glimåkra-GAG. Made in Sweden.

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A beautiful, unfinished, birch wood swift that holds skeins up to two pounds and opens out to 104" circumference. AB Gunnar Anderssons Vävskedsfabrik has been producing looms and weaving equipment for 80 years.

Nifty Swift ($62.50 + $2 heavy swift)

Free Standing, Table Top Style. Made in Italy

Extremely good quality table top swift, beautiful piece, in a heavy solid wood finished base. Works great for most average hanks, but needs a little help with heavier hanks. Turn knob on the top to lock arms in any extended position.

Due to irregular sizes, most of the time it is impossible to ship winders and swifts in the same box. Swifts are long and narrow, and winders are big square boxes. I've tried, and most often, the box required would be enormous. So your selection will be checked to see if it is possible, otherwise, they will be shipped separately.

Orders of swifts and winders outside of the U.S. WILL BE shipped separately. Additional Shipping costs will be ADDED to sales receipt when shipped, if necessary. Contact us if you need more information.

These items are regular stock items, and are normally in stock at all times.