Video Notes: My wraps per inch tool is from Nancy Knit Knacks. However, it was not available any longer from my usuals sources. Linked below is a WPI tool from a small business that works similarly. If you'd like to help to support what I do here please like and subscribe! If you'd like to go further I accept SuperThanks or you can Buy Me a Coffee: ko-fi.com/carriecraftgeek Featured Products: As an Amazon Associate and Affiliate of the below sites, I earn on qualifying purchases. I always disclose an affiliate program in which I take part. Thank you. Featured Products: *Stanwood Ball Winder: tidd.ly/3xbvVDr *Standwood Umbrella Swift: tidd.ly/3x6IMXs *Wraps Per Inch Tool: tidd.ly/3xiCpla *Ott Light: click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=eZiHy7MAtwo&mid=43312&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.joann.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dottlight%26prefn1%3DproductGroup%26prefv1%3DProduct *Quilter's Rulers: amzn.to/3NjaqaA *Baby Tub: amzn.to/3x6KlVk
Yay! She's back!! I have an umbrella swift, love it for all the storage reasons but do wish I had a tabletop one as my current crafting table isn't as easy to attach it to. Measuring wise I love my (massive) quilting ruler but also my gauge measure - wooden square with a 10cm square hole in the centre. Makes it super easy to count stitches and rows on a Swatch.
I appreciated this listing from you, a prodigious knitter, as your opinion is based on long and vast experience. However I have had the disappointing experience of skeins wound for me in a LYS and I encountered a tangled snarl of yarn coming out of the center of the cake! I assume the person who did the winding knew what they were doing but this happened with a couple of the cakes. Maybe I should add that my request to have the skeins wound was met with a grimace so perhaps that should have been a clue as to the outcome! I was the only customer in the shop and the swift was not in use so I didn't think my request was out of line. To top it off, it was a costly purchase so asking for that service didn't strike me as unwarranted. All this to say I still haven't saved for a swift. Have you encountered a similar mess in the middle of a cake or is this very unusual? Always enjoy your postings, thank you.
I ended up cutting this out for time, but I did talk about the great debate about pulling from the center of the cake or from the outside. Personally I pull from the outside because of yarn vomit, the knotty mess that often comes from pulling from the center. As for LYS customer service, I do think winding a hank into a ball should be a service for at least one hank. I can understand charging a fee if a customer wants a sweater's worth wound. I will note, the poor attitude could be concern the customer won't knit with the yarn right away it's typically advised not to wind a hank into a ball until you plan to work with it. Winding the hank into a ball does stretch the fibers a bit.
Yes, to the getting a swift before getting a ballwinder! I still don't have a swift so have to hand wind from the hank to a ball and then run it through the ballwinder lol Do not be like me, newer yarn crafters! This way leads to madness 😂😂
I built a ball winding station out of toilette paper cores and cardboard box. I have a video of it: Craft and Hacks. I could have used it with a ball winder if I put it on the floor.
Cant you also just use an upside-down dining chair or stool…. I’ve seen that before too Tho… it’s been a year, you probably have bought a Swift by now? Luckily? 😂, I’m too cheap to buy hanks atm…. Only have millions of balls of acrylic yarn… so I only bought a winder last night…. Gotta wait to get it first then I’ll evaluate the situation!
@@cazkiwinz4300 I still don't have a swift. Nor do I have chairs* or a stool 😂 Hanked rustic wool is the cheap option here (cheaper than some acrylics even) so I use my knees as a stationery swift and wind it into a ball. At which point I'm too tired to use the ball winder and I just use it straight from the handwound ball 🤷🏼♀️ *(had to toss the dining set after the flood 8 years ago and with rent being higher on the "new" place, we've never bothered replacing it. We eat sitting on the couch)
Hi! Really appreciate this listing of tools and am considering getting a swift and later a ball winder - through your affiliates of course. My question is your listing is for the medium size umbrella swift so am I correct in assuming the large size is not necessary? Thanks for sharing your expertise in all manner of wooly endeavors.
Which size you get really depends on your personal yarn life. The medium holds up to 6 feet circumference hanks and the large 8.5 feet circumference hanks. I have a medium and it's been plenty big enough for me. For reference, I mostly knit with commercially made yarn.
What about knitting rings that you thread the yarn through? I've wondered if they make it easier. I have short fingers (like a second grader) but medium hands
Great question. I think what you're referring to is what I know as a knitting thimble (love all the different terms in knitting). If you are a continental/picking knitter these can be really great, especially if doing stranded color work with all the yarn held in the left hand. However, I'm not sure they're so useful for those of who tension yarn in the right hand.
I consider stitch markers an essential notion. I could probably talk 20 minutes on the ones I like and why. Im just not sure anyone wants that video. Maybe I'm wrong?
@@CarrieCraftGeek I dunno about 20 minutes, but I'm a passionate advocate of locking stitch markers specifically. Why only count stitches when you can also count rows or repeats?
Video Notes: My wraps per inch tool is from Nancy Knit Knacks. However, it was not available any longer from my usuals sources. Linked below is a WPI tool from a small business that works similarly.
If you'd like to help to support what I do here please like and subscribe!
If you'd like to go further I accept SuperThanks or you can Buy Me a Coffee: ko-fi.com/carriecraftgeek
Featured Products:
As an Amazon Associate and Affiliate of the below sites, I earn on qualifying purchases. I always disclose an affiliate program in which I take part. Thank you.
Featured Products:
*Stanwood Ball Winder: tidd.ly/3xbvVDr
*Standwood Umbrella Swift: tidd.ly/3x6IMXs
*Wraps Per Inch Tool: tidd.ly/3xiCpla
*Ott Light: click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=eZiHy7MAtwo&mid=43312&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.joann.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dottlight%26prefn1%3DproductGroup%26prefv1%3DProduct
*Quilter's Rulers: amzn.to/3NjaqaA
*Baby Tub: amzn.to/3x6KlVk
Yes, to the storage video…please
This is a fantastic equipment run down!
Thank you!
Yay! She's back!!
I have an umbrella swift, love it for all the storage reasons but do wish I had a tabletop one as my current crafting table isn't as easy to attach it to. Measuring wise I love my (massive) quilting ruler but also my gauge measure - wooden square with a 10cm square hole in the centre. Makes it super easy to count stitches and rows on a Swatch.
I appreciated this listing from you, a prodigious knitter, as your opinion is based on long and vast experience. However I have had the disappointing experience of skeins wound for me in a LYS and I encountered a tangled snarl of yarn coming out of the center of the cake! I assume the person who did the winding knew what they were doing but this happened with a couple of the cakes. Maybe I should add that my request to have the skeins wound was met with a grimace so perhaps that should have been a clue as to the outcome! I was the only customer in the shop and the swift was not in use so I didn't think my request was out of line. To top it off, it was a costly purchase so asking for that service didn't strike me as unwarranted. All this to say I still haven't saved for a swift. Have you encountered a similar mess in the middle of a cake or is this very unusual? Always enjoy your postings, thank you.
I ended up cutting this out for time, but I did talk about the great debate about pulling from the center of the cake or from the outside.
Personally I pull from the outside because of yarn vomit, the knotty mess that often comes from pulling from the center.
As for LYS customer service, I do think winding a hank into a ball should be a service for at least one hank. I can understand charging a fee if a customer wants a sweater's worth wound.
I will note, the poor attitude could be concern the customer won't knit with the yarn right away it's typically advised not to wind a hank into a ball until you plan to work with it. Winding the hank into a ball does stretch the fibers a bit.
Yes, to the getting a swift before getting a ballwinder! I still don't have a swift so have to hand wind from the hank to a ball and then run it through the ballwinder lol Do not be like me, newer yarn crafters! This way leads to madness 😂😂
I built a ball winding station out of toilette paper cores and cardboard box. I have a video of it: Craft and Hacks. I could have used it with a ball winder if I put it on the floor.
@@CarrieCraftGeek I saw that! How brilliant! Sadly, I don't have space for it. And 3 cats, one that thinks cardboard is a food group 😹
Cant you also just use an upside-down dining chair or stool…. I’ve seen that before too
Tho… it’s been a year, you probably have bought a Swift by now?
Luckily? 😂, I’m too cheap to buy hanks atm…. Only have millions of balls of acrylic yarn… so I only bought a winder last night…. Gotta wait to get it first then I’ll evaluate the situation!
@@cazkiwinz4300 I still don't have a swift. Nor do I have chairs* or a stool 😂
Hanked rustic wool is the cheap option here (cheaper than some acrylics even) so I use my knees as a stationery swift and wind it into a ball. At which point I'm too tired to use the ball winder and I just use it straight from the handwound ball 🤷🏼♀️
*(had to toss the dining set after the flood 8 years ago and with rent being higher on the "new" place, we've never bothered replacing it. We eat sitting on the couch)
Hi! Really appreciate this listing of tools and am considering getting a swift and later a ball winder - through your affiliates of course. My question is your listing is for the medium size umbrella swift so am I correct in assuming the large size is not necessary? Thanks for sharing your expertise in all manner of wooly endeavors.
Which size you get really depends on your personal yarn life. The medium holds up to 6 feet circumference hanks and the large 8.5 feet circumference hanks.
I have a medium and it's been plenty big enough for me. For reference, I mostly knit with commercially made yarn.
What about knitting rings that you thread the yarn through? I've wondered if they make it easier. I have short fingers (like a second grader) but medium hands
Great question. I think what you're referring to is what I know as a knitting thimble (love all the different terms in knitting). If you are a continental/picking knitter these can be really great, especially if doing stranded color work with all the yarn held in the left hand.
However, I'm not sure they're so useful for those of who tension yarn in the right hand.
I'm surprised not to see stitch markers here, but those might just be too basic and essential for the list.
I consider stitch markers an essential notion. I could probably talk 20 minutes on the ones I like and why. Im just not sure anyone wants that video.
Maybe I'm wrong?
@@CarrieCraftGeek I dunno about 20 minutes, but I'm a passionate advocate of locking stitch markers specifically. Why only count stitches when you can also count rows or repeats?
@@WizardOfDocs I love my lick stitch markers for the same reason. So versatile. Maybe worth a shorts video. ☺️