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  @jlklbr562 күн бұрын

  I’ve wrapped hundreds of cakes with my Fiber Artist Supply winder. As the manufacturer mentioned, keeping the yarn guide at a position closest to the ball is critical. I also have found that the winder works best for me when I wind in a counter-clockwise direction (using my right hand with the crank on my right side when the unit is facing me). I start slow. Occasionally I will still feel some slippage so when I’m beginning, I stop periodically and give the yarn cake a squeeze to help distribute the wound yarn evenly on the bobbin (almost always needed if I hit a yarn tangle from the skein I’m winding and it pulls the wound cake out of alignment). This seems to solve the yarn slippage completely for me and the cakes are neat and easy to use without having to untangle anything. I love this winder, especially because I don’t have to attach it to a table.

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  @berrycarbs4 күн бұрын

  I started out with the exact same cheap plastic winder you showed. It does okay I guess as long as you don’t have to wind large quantities of yarn in one go. I now have a jumbo ball winder with weighted tension discs that makes the most perfectly wound yarn balls. It is made of mostly metal and the gears are encased. The company discontinued the production because they didn’t sell very well - not due to low quality or performance but due to the hefty price tag of almost $400… I was lucky to secure the last one made and I love using it…

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  @inokio753712 күн бұрын

  I really do need something like this but a mechanical one to wind my t shirt yarns

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  @queerjoe12 күн бұрын

  I’ve just purchased an inexpensive electric yarn ball-winder, so I may be updating this video to include a review of that too. - amzn.to/3zNQcDN

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  @WoolmouseАй бұрын

  I love to see a video of your post repairs techniques. Thank you great video!

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  @satsumamoonАй бұрын

  I bought the first one for 14€ inc shipping. I love using it. I have to watch some youtube podcast while im winding so the time goes really quickly. It takes only 3-4 minutes each ball. I had to tape the metal guide in place and with some types of yarn it doesnt wind properly , (the yarn winds around the tube instead of going up and down the ball)but I figured how to guide the yarn with my hand when that happens. For the money Im more than happy to put up with such glitches. I have limited space now days with all my yarn and sewing machines so that was a considerations. I also bought a wooden umbrella which functions perfectly for only 20€ inc shipping. Now with those two gadgets, I can dye yarn .

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  @adabee2 ай бұрын

  My apartment is tiny and I don’t have a craft table. Where is a good place to put a yarn winder. Do i need a swift? Thank you!

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  @queerjoeАй бұрын

  If you have a counter or table edge that’s not too thick, that’s the best place for a winder. I’ve even used my coffee table. If you’re winding skeins or hanks into cakes of yarn, you’ll definitely need a swift. This is my favorite - amzn.to/3KD0SqV

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  @adabeeАй бұрын

  @@queerjoethank you thank you! ❤

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  @gigi77d602 ай бұрын

  I believe in the Union Label as well. Don’t see it much anymore, though. Sad.

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  @nizzaz2 ай бұрын

  Omg I've been doing exactly that! I was wondering if it had a name 🤣! Thanks for sharing. It's visually the best ribbing by far and if you use left hand picking rather than wrapping/ throwing you will fly through the work 👍 It works in the flat as long as you keep working through the leading leg too!

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  @feralcatness3 ай бұрын

  I have the Starwood winder, also, and what I don’t like is how jerky it can be with turning the handle. I have the wooden “Amish” swift, and I’ve noticed that my yarn tends to get stretched out a little bit. Am I doing something wrong?

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  @queerjoe3 ай бұрын

  I've never used an Amish swift before, but I always try to make sure my swift is turning with as little tension on the yarn as possible. As for the jerkiness, the only time mine is jerky is when the distal arm vibrates a lot. Two things that I find that helps with this...first, when I attach the distal arm, I put the washer under the u-shaped end, not on top as most photos show. I also put a t-pin through the rubber gasket/buffer parallel to the the surface it's on...which tightens it to the arm-piece and also allows for less movement and vibration.

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  @feralcatness3 ай бұрын

  Oh thank you! I will try these things!!

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  @Denise_22623 ай бұрын

  I hate my Stanwood. Makes the balls too tight and smaller at the bottom which makes the yatn slide off the smaller end. Tried everything to adjust it and can't. Got new ones and no winder is perfect. Boo

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  @deniseboucher86063 ай бұрын

  I just found your podcasts, so this is a response to an old episode. Anyway, I currently own the least expensive model and you’re right about all the issues. My husband (the problem solver) was able to fix all the issues so it’s working much better. But, man, it was a headache. The yarn can still get wrapped up underneath so I have to watch it closely. Thanks for the review. I may get the one you recommended so I can have bigger balls of yarn. I’ll be watching all your podcasts. ❤ and stay safe.

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  @michelleatwell85803 ай бұрын

  Can you manage this with magic loop or only 3 DPNs? I hate knitting with DPNs cause there’s so many points.

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  @queerjoe3 ай бұрын

  Not with my method, you couldn’t. This method needs DPNs-sorry.

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  @nicolewagner15123 ай бұрын

  I have been avoiding the Beekeeper's blanket like the plague because the thought of sewing together ALL THOSE HEXIS makes me break out in hives. But this tutorial has changed my thinking, and now I think I'll be knitting a Beekeeper! I certainly have enough scraps and minis. Thank you!!!

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  @leslieileen3 ай бұрын

  Why not slip the two stitches purlwise at the same time? It's more efficient.

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  @vincegibbens50614 ай бұрын

  Thanks very much Joe. That is great information and very easy to understand!💯

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  @DOSBoxMom4 ай бұрын

  I broke the clamp on my Stanwood jumbo ball winder, trying to fasten the clamp around the "lip" on the underside of the edge of a card table. (Stanwood did send a replacement clamp; I just have to install it -- and find a thinner table to clamp the winder to!) Of the cheap plastic winders, I trust the KnitPicks version most, as the build quality seems better. I also just got a wooden ball winder (a different brand, in gently used condition, from Etsy), and am excited to try that out (on the thin-topped desk in my craft room, as I don't wish to break any more clamps!).

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  @eccentricmouse93364 ай бұрын

  HA!!!!! I detest kitchner stich and sewing things together, this is going to make things so much easier! Thank you so much for sharing, sir!

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  @Tejidosenelviento4 ай бұрын

  I just got the pattern too.

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  @Tejidosenelviento4 ай бұрын

  Fantástico!❤

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  @sdicato4 ай бұрын

  I also ordered a kit from the Knitting Tree LA. I purchased Hennifer Lopez and will start her tomorrow.

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  @kayceegreer44184 ай бұрын

  I just saw one that cost about $550 over on Bag-O-Day Crochet Channel.. it has an electric foot pedal! Idea about the last ball Winder that you actually recommended as a good inexpensive one... I wonder if you could take a paper plate and cut the middle out and then slip that on first and then set up your yarn and get going. You know kind of on the same idea as when you don't want your beaters to splash you when you are whipping cream to make your own set and forget ice cream in the freezer.? If you have or paper plates you can simply poke your beaters through and use it that way you might actually have to expand the holes a little so that you can slip them off of the wide part of your beaters that are supposed to keep goop from getting up where you insert them. Or you can just cut to the middle and then cut out a circle or a rectangular space for them to slip through, and that way it covers your bowl so you and everything else on your counter stays clean.

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  @Falney4 ай бұрын

  Proximal and distal aren't really that strange. Its just latin for Near and Far.

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  @terrychristens91105 ай бұрын

  I believe your first knot is a surgeon’s knot instead of a square knot. A square knot is right over left then left over right but this does come undone occasionally as does the surgeon’s knot unless, as you discovered, you leave long tails and weave them in. The last example of the weaver’s knot is a very interesting way to make this. I have never seen anyone starting with a slip knot. I make it and while the yarn seemed to be slipping as I tightened it the yarn did break before the knot came undone so the yarn must just have been stretching. I will have to try this method with my very slippery but very strong yarns ( bamboo rayon or silk) and see how this works. Thanks!

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  @scottishamericanrose5 ай бұрын

  Thanks QJ!!! Wish I'd seen this before I'd bought my FIRST ball winder. My balls would have been huge (pun intended) had I bought one of these first!!!

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  @kcfield6016 ай бұрын

  I just got the pattern. I am wanting to use the same yarn the designer was using in her video. I am waiting for her to respond. Please keep us apprised of your progress. Thank you. Enjoy.

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  @helena.34726 ай бұрын

  I just needed to ask, does the weavers knot remain secure in projects particularly after washing?

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  @queerjoe6 ай бұрын

  My experience has been that it depends on the yarn. But if the knot holds during the tying and knitting, then it is secure afterwards as well. I know right away because some yarns just don’t do well with this knot and come loose immediately when I pull on it.

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  @dianemarie1236 ай бұрын

  He's very handsome. It's nice to know he'll know what to do if you get a real mouse. :)

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  @susanb.49656 ай бұрын

  Wow! Just saw this, what a fantastic idea! This gives me so many ideas for gifts all year. So creative! Thanks 😀

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  @Evaisa6 ай бұрын

  kitty!!!

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  @RealDiaFr6 ай бұрын

  Bro was watching from all directions. <.>

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  @scottcrable49666 ай бұрын

  Wow, fix that noise!

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  @bobclark981226 ай бұрын

  SO CUTE!!!

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  @helena.34726 ай бұрын

  Thank you for the tutorial, I just tried the knot 👍

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  @dianemarie1236 ай бұрын

  I chose the Stanwood winder instead of the Fiber Artist winder based on your recommendation. So far, I really like it. It makes me a little upset I wasted money on two of the cheap plastic ones.

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  @nadinecamara51237 ай бұрын

  Best tutorial ever!

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  @bobclark981227 ай бұрын

  Wonderful!!!! Thanks for sharing your great selection and skill! [My fingers are getting tired of hitting "refresh..." LOL

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  @ChroniclerofLore7 ай бұрын

  Very straightforward and to the point. Much appreciated.

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  @bubbechutzpah7 ай бұрын

  My royal plastic winder is sealed underneath from the gears. Perfect every time.

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  @queerjoe7 ай бұрын

  The perfect ball winder until you have a jumbo ball of yarn that doesn’t fit.

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  @darrelldennis17227 ай бұрын

  I don't know if I'm seeing this wrong but it seems like you at a few times needed in the back of the loop.

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  @darrelldennis17227 ай бұрын

  Knitted*

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  @queerjoe7 ай бұрын

  Not sure how you knit, or what you were seeing (sorry for the crappy video-ing), but this technique doesn't use any knitting to the back of the loop.

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  @jessemkahn8 ай бұрын

  but why‽‽

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  @RO-nz2yv8 ай бұрын

  Da braucht man 1 jahr um eine Socke zu stricken. Habe niemals jemanden so umständlich stricken gesehen🤦🏻‍♀️👎

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  @queerjoe8 ай бұрын

  For the non-German speakers, here’s the English translation: “It takes 1 year to knit a sock. I've never seen anyone knit so laboriously.”

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  @marymitchell67338 ай бұрын

  And, it appears to be made of sustainable and recyclable material. What an interesting and unique product. Thanks for the share.

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  @queerjoe8 ай бұрын

  Yes...the company making them in Germany uses two colorways of "leather paper" (not leather at all...completely vegan) that uses some recycled content.

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  @JoAnnHeck-ei1yu9 ай бұрын

  Any suggestions for a larger head

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  @queerjoe9 ай бұрын

  The only suggestion I'd have is to either see if you can modify the number of stitches and re-calculate all the shaping for the the ear/headband section or find a pattern that does that for you.

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  @JoAnnHeck-ei1yu9 ай бұрын

  Thank you.. 1st doing the pattern as written and then if needed to recalculate . I know it will fit someone. Hopefully me. He wants it for hunting season which will 10 days from now. Will do the headband and go from there.. I believe I will be making them for family members in Minnesota , North and South Dakota .I am excited to do the pattern.Thank you again

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  @MercuryMythbusting9 ай бұрын

  But it looks like you’re struggling to get the latch to open and close and when you used the crotchet hook, you worked more quickly.

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  @queerjoe9 ай бұрын

  When there are only a few stitches to pick up, there is virtually no difference between the two tools. When I'm doing a long string of dropped stitches, it's a lot easier using the latch hook tool for me.

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  @user-zn7ci4em5z9 ай бұрын

  I really loved how you presented the subject: Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, and tell them what you told them. It was very easy to follow. Thank you! I have been nervous to do iCord this technique on my Erlbacher CSKM because I read one is not supposed to turn the machine without needles, but yet the same manual recommended making iCord. I am not comfortable enough yet to try this myself without knowing the why behind that statement. Do you have any insight on this?

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  @queerjoe9 ай бұрын

  There is nothing I'm aware of that will damage a machine by turning it without needles and I've never had any issue with that. I will say I don't recommend cranking without YARN in the machine. It's possible to damage the latches that stick out and even break them. But I have never heard anyone say don't crank the machine without needles. Especially considering that when I do ribbing, I'm leaving needles out of the cylinder all the time.

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  @bobclark981229 ай бұрын

  Thanks for sharing this, Joe. Seems like I was almost there. Great to see the amazing work of these fantastic guys. Looking forward to May!

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  @anaghajoshi3659 ай бұрын

  Going to try it. Thank you for a wonderful tutorial.

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  @france46889 ай бұрын

  very interesting, all the tutorials I found only wrap the purl stitches clockwise, not the knit stitches. I would like the work to be tighter so I will try your method with wrapping the knit stitches clockwise as well. Thank you

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  @julieclare535210 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much that’s amazing and it’s my go to not as of now 👍