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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 11:18am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
I've got several knitting projects on my plate for Christmas. I'm a frustratingly slow knitter. No solution for that. But the time I have to do it in private without ds peeking is even slimmer amount of time, making it harder.

But another time waster is winding up that ball of yarn. I was thinking of asking for a yarn winder for Christmas. I remember reading on someone's blog about a year ago (?) that they got a nice one. My local knitting shop has one...but I would like some feedback.

Worth it? Does it save time and frustration? Recommendations?

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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 11:25am | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Yes to all of your questions ... KnitPicks ball-winder is the one I've got (I think they're all the same one!).

I like that the ball is a center-pull donut that sits flat on the table or floor and doesn't roll around picking up dust, hair, lego pieces etc. The benefit to the center-pull is the yarn is not under undo stress while knitting.

You don't HAVE to roll balls unless the yarn comes in a hank -- one of those big loops -- just pull the yarn from the center (fish out the outside end and tuck into the yarn-band so it doesn't get tangled) and you should be fine.

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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 12:33pm | IP Logged Quote KerryK
I received a ball winder and swift for my birthday last year. I absolutely love having it, but mostly because I knit a lot of socks out of yarn that doesn't come in balls. I really can't stand winding sock yarn by hand, it takes forever! I never would have shelled out the $$ if I hadn't gotten it as a gift, but I am most grateful!

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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 1:39pm | IP Logged Quote LisaD
I have the same winder as the KnitPicks one. I use it all the time. My father made me a beautiful umbrella swift for my birthday two years ago, and I use that for yarn that comes in hanks. I do rewind almost all my yarn on my winder, though, because I really like the little flat-ended cakes it makes. And, it's fun to do



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Posted: Dec 29 2008 at 7:44am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
I had an umbrella swift and ball winder under the tree. The ball winder is amazing! Thanks for the feedback, ladies! I'm so thrilled with it!

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