Comments on: Limited Time Offer! Used Yarn Winder for Full Price! http://needle-exchange.ca/2009/02/03/limited-time-offer-used-ball-winder-for-full-price/ A blog about knitting addiction Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lorette http://needle-exchange.ca/2009/02/03/limited-time-offer-used-ball-winder-for-full-price/comment-page-1/#comment-77636 Lorette Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:46:00 +0000 http://needle-exchange.ca/?p=6108#comment-77636 Another vote for plastic here. I was nearly tempted to buy a lovely wooden swift and winder, but went with the plastic for $$ reasons. You'll find that the plastic winder is nearly indestructible. Another vote for plastic here. I was nearly tempted to buy a lovely wooden swift and winder, but went with the plastic for $$ reasons. You’ll find that the plastic winder is nearly indestructible.

]]> By: orata http://needle-exchange.ca/2009/02/03/limited-time-offer-used-ball-winder-for-full-price/comment-page-1/#comment-77635 orata Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:01:04 +0000 http://needle-exchange.ca/?p=6108#comment-77635 Congrats, you'll love it. I have a plastic one and no problems with it aside from the gears underneath occasionally eating the yarn if I'm not careful. My ball winder and swift were two of the best knitting-related purchases I ever made. I thought at first that it wasn't worth it, but no longer do I feel that draining fatigue at the thought of winding an entire skein of laceweight or sock yarn by hand. (Or Cascade Eco Wool. I wound two 437-yard skeins of this by hand before I bought my ball winder, and I think it took me more than an hour apiece...) Congrats, you’ll love it. I have a plastic one and no problems with it aside from the gears underneath occasionally eating the yarn if I’m not careful.

My ball winder and swift were two of the best knitting-related purchases I ever made. I thought at first that it wasn’t worth it, but no longer do I feel that draining fatigue at the thought of winding an entire skein of laceweight or sock yarn by hand. (Or Cascade Eco Wool. I wound two 437-yard skeins of this by hand before I bought my ball winder, and I think it took me more than an hour apiece…)

]]> By: Nancy http://needle-exchange.ca/2009/02/03/limited-time-offer-used-ball-winder-for-full-price/comment-page-1/#comment-77634 Nancy Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:04:31 +0000 http://needle-exchange.ca/?p=6108#comment-77634 I have the same ball winder, and I love it. It has wound yards and yards of yarn, and it is still as good as new. I have the same ball winder, and I love it. It has wound yards and yards of yarn, and it is still as good as new.

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