Why do you use wool winders?
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| 1 | Evening i have been browsing the wool section and a couple of wool winders have been in the wrong section. I know this is a silly question, but why would you wind your wool from a ball into another, different shaped ball? Is there a trick I am missing here? robert-trademe - 2021-02-22 21:20:00 |
| 2 | You wind from skeins/hanks to balls using a wool winder. shanreagh - 2021-02-22 21:34:00 |
| 3 | Ok thank you. But does it make it easier to knit with or something? robert-trademe - 2021-02-22 21:50:00 |
| 4 | robert-trademe wrote:
Yes it makes it much easier. This is a picture of a skein of wool and a ball wound by a wool winder. https://images.app.goo.gl/xNA5FL3aDaZ8aKZt5 Edited by inatiz at 11:59 pm, Mon 22 Feb inatiz - 2021-02-22 23:48:00 |
| 5 | Have to - if using a knitting machine lilyfield - 2021-02-23 02:02:00 |
| 6 | I spent my childhood unpicking jerseys and having the wool wound into hanks over my outstretched hands, wash it and then rewinding into a ball to be reused. articferrit - 2021-02-23 10:39:00 |
| 7 | Knitting from a hank makes untangling yarn a bit tricky, especially if it is a sticky yarn! And a ball stays small and more easily unwound in the knitting basket or bowl. A hank just gets more tangled... oh_hunnihunni - 2021-02-23 10:56:00 |
| 8 | Oh Mrs Rob I nearly fell off my seat laughing. Have you ever tried knitting from a hank? My mum had a big wooden wool winder when i was a kid and we used to go to the mill and buy hanks. She would put it on the winder then wind into a balls as the hank unravelled. lol my hubby was taught well by his mum. I wound some from hanks to ball on a small winder this week. Hubby put the hank on his arms and away he went working his arms to help me have a smooth run at winding. Bonus your yarn runs from inside the ball and your ball doesnt flick around. landylass - 2021-02-23 12:26:00 |
| 9 | This message was deleted. kittycatkin - 2021-02-23 12:41:00 |
| 10 | Any one who spins their own yarn puts it into skeins which makes it easier to wash and dye. fibertrix - 2021-02-23 14:20:00 |
| 11 | A lot of people dye wool either for sale as special colourways or for their own use. You need wool in a skein for dyeing to get good cover of the wool with the dye or to make “patterns”. jayemtoo - 2021-02-23 14:24:00 |
| 12 | kittycatkin wrote:
I knitted a cardy for my newborn grand daughter. I was thinking such a small items I wouldnt have any wool joins when sewing up. I had 5 knots in a 50gm ball!!! I always break the knot out and rejoin wool at edges. I just wound 3 x 200gm hanks of wool this week and never struck a single knot. I usually buy hanks if I can. Touch Yarns and The Wool Company are my favourites. landylass - 2021-02-23 14:30:00 |
| 13 | jayemtoo wrote:
Perfect for knitting a bird's nest! or a cat's random plaything! shanreagh - 2021-02-23 14:39:00 |
| 14 | kittycatkin wrote: There are still some (small) mills that produce woollen yarn for knitting which often have larger amounts or smaller amount available in hanks. Generally this is probably purchased by craftspeople who dye/spin/weave, Also there are small artisan dyers who sell the hanks they produce to knitters etc. brouser3 - 2021-02-23 20:30:00 |
| 15 | And gorgeously dyed yarn is better displayed in the hank. Usually it is a sign the yarn is special. And has a matching price tag... Like Malabrigo, for instance... oh_hunnihunni - 2021-02-23 20:37:00 |
| 16 | oh_hunnihunni wrote:
And Glaux sunnysue1 - 2021-02-23 21:43:00 |
| 17 | articferrit wrote:
Same = well, Mum unpicked, and my arms were used to make the hanks. sumstyle - 2021-02-23 22:08:00 |
| 18 | Thanks for that, I had never heard of that yarn. oh_hunnihunni - 2021-02-23 22:14:00 |
| 19 | articferrit wrote:
My mother used a dining chair back when no one was available. voyager4 - 2021-02-24 10:32:00 |
| 20 | I still use my wool winder, but more to get wool from cones to make a ball, or straight from the wheel after plying.. I used to spin my wool greasy after getting it carded & then wash it, now when you get wool carded - they wash it first & I don't dye my wool.. urbanrefugee54 - 2021-02-24 10:43:00 |
| 21 | This message was deleted. kittycatkin - 2021-02-24 16:35:00 |
| 22 | brouser3 wrote:
And some of this is complete and utterly beautiful eye candy and the strange thing is that they jump off the racks and into my basket and I buy them. shanreagh - 2021-02-24 18:30:00 |
| 23 | No one has mentioned the Niddy Noddy, which we wound plied wool from the spinning wheel onto to make skeins. gilligee - 2021-02-24 20:40:00 |
| 24 | shanreagh wrote:
I try to avoid such terrible traps, online is quite hard enough to avoid... oh_hunnihunni - 2021-02-24 21:22:00 |
| 25 | gilligee wrote:
My husband made me a gorgeous niddy noddy from recycled rimu, no snags, just beautifully smooth <3 He even made me different lengths so I could make different sized hanks. kiwimade64 - 2021-02-25 08:11:00 |
| 26 | Many thanks for all of your answers and information. I don't think i have ever bought wool in hanks so would never have had the issues of winding one into a ball. I appreciated the heads up though as I have been toying with getting some wool that is sold in hanks, and I wouldn't have known to wind it into a ball. However I do have one more question, why use a winder rather than just winding it around your fingers? Is it less under tension if you use a winder? robert-trademe - 2021-02-26 21:43:00 |
| 27 | robert-trademe wrote:
It is far quicker to use a wool winder together with a swift. A swift is what you put the skein/hank on to use the ball winder to wind it into a ball. It only takes a few minutes with a wool winder and a swift alimmw - 2021-02-28 20:29:00 |
| 28 | I use my wool basket (it was designed for logs!) as the swift and hand wind into a ball. Yes it takes longer, but it gives me a feel for the yarn and is part of the whole knitting thing... oh_hunnihunni - 2021-02-28 20:41:00 |
| 29 | Very much quicker. lol when hubby has been at work and I wanted to wind from a hank into balls I have even resorted to putting the hank on the back of a dining chair and winding it by hand! landylass - 2021-02-28 21:37:00 |
| 30 | I haven't used a wool winder for years after someone introduced me to a nostepinne. Google it. It is so relaxing and produces a goose egg shaped ball that can be knitted from the centre. Takes up a lot less room in fact it fits in my knitting bag. -nana- - 2021-03-13 13:14:00 |
