tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558879415972386895.post8624293279600235556..comments2023-10-08T03:02:14.086-07:00Comments on Bear Ears: A Tool To Covet - 4KCBWDAY6Audryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13934284269652163977noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558879415972386895.post-12320693519118118662013-04-28T14:03:22.338-07:002013-04-28T14:03:22.338-07:00Ooh, I do like a swift and ball winder - makes the...Ooh, I do like a swift and ball winder - makes the process so speedy! :) xBeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235597034582983202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558879415972386895.post-33999461933890402182013-04-28T09:45:14.179-07:002013-04-28T09:45:14.179-07:00Haha. This is hilarious, and so familiar. I invest...Haha. This is hilarious, and so familiar. I invested in a ball winder and swift a couple of months ago (when I stopped working in my LYS once a week, where I had been winding my yarn) and it has been love ever since.<br /><br />Last night, though, was when I realized how much they changed the way I knit. I got home from a yarn festival dying to cast on for a new shawl using my recently purchased yarn, and I just could. Winding three skeins of fingering weight yarn by hand would have taken all night, but with a swift and ball winder, it took maybe 15 minutes (including a brief de-tangle) and then I got to spend the rest of the night knitting. Bliss.<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear about your finger. I recommend ice cream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558879415972386895.post-67302819957151243242013-04-28T09:15:17.092-07:002013-04-28T09:15:17.092-07:00They're pretty essential tools! I had my knitp...They're pretty essential tools! I had my knitpicks ball winder break twice on me, though, so now I just use a nostepinne. It's slower but it's solid wood and doesn't break!<br /><br />Hope your finger feels better! I hear chocolate and stash acquisitions can mend egos.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13084243860497287716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558879415972386895.post-14665482396068576172013-04-28T03:40:50.376-07:002013-04-28T03:40:50.376-07:00I'm sorry to hear about your finger, hope it g...I'm sorry to hear about your finger, hope it gets well soon. <br />I haven't really got many tools really, favorite must be interchangable cable needles I guess. Consider getting a ball winder too, sounds worthwhile.<br /><br />Can you still use your ball winder and swift with your bruised finger ? For I assume new skein(s) of yarn might help in case of a bruised ego... ;)Joséhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237124274866567725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558879415972386895.post-79719227389895691572013-04-28T00:55:49.383-07:002013-04-28T00:55:49.383-07:00Poor you! Sorry to hear your hand is bruised. Ar...Poor you! Sorry to hear your hand is bruised. Arnica cream is good for bruises (or straight lavender oil).<br /><br />It's funny, but I think my most valuable tool is a needle gauge (the thing that you poke your needle into to work out the size). I am always using it to check I have the right sized needle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com