Before I go on and show you a couple of new designs, let me tell you something else.
I finally got myself a yarn swift.
It’s not that I hadn’t liked to have one earlier, I just didn’t like the ones I saw everywhere. My friend has an umbrella swift, and while I really admire its construction, I found it always a bit shaky and weak.
Then there are those who “sit” on the table top. Basically a base with four arms and adjustable dowels. The german word is “Mühlenhaspel”, but I didn’t find any good translation for that. Anyway – I really like the way these swifts work, but I didn’t like the look too much. It’s so functional somehow, so naked. No – if I ever got myself a swift, it should be one that rocked.
It so happened that I stumbled over a link posted on Ravelry. I fell instantly in love with the linked photos, and I simply had to order this swift. It is handcrafted in Germany, made from sipo-mahagony and the look is beautiful. And now that I finally got it at home, I can say that it works flawlessly as well. There seems to be a kind of ball bearing under the base which allows the construction to move very fluently, without getting jammed.
It holds skeins up to 1.80m circumference and it’s easy to take it to pieces if you don’t have a lot space at home. If you fell in love with this swift, you can order yourself one here (german website).
I’m still winding my skeins per hand, but the process is a lot faster now. And to be honest… I found a great wooden ball winder as well. I’ll keep you posted once it arrives here. 🙂
Hey, Glückwunsch zur neuen Haspel! Sie sieht phantastisch aus. Ich bin schon gespannt, was du für einen Wollwickler erstanden hast. 😉
DEN möchte ich auch sehen, aus Holz, den Wickler! !!!
Lg Eva
Hi, Maybe I missed it but what is the make of your swift?
Hey Charlottte, there is no make. It’s a german carpenter and I don’t think there is any branding. The website is called “sockenbretter.com” – check out the link to the swift here:
http://www.sockenbretter.com/epages/61994808.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61994808/Products/Haspel
euh, sorry just found the link to the company on your post, do you know if it works with any ball winder, have you received your wooden ball winder? is it good? I’m in the process of looking for a swift and ball winder so this is interesting for me and i love your patterns and your blog
Hey Charlottte, I didn’t receive my ball winder yet. 😦 It’s from a carpenter as well, and it seems he’s busy with orders at the moment. But I’ll blog about it as soon as I got it.
I heard good things about the Strauch wooden ballwinder – maybe that’s something for you?
http://www.strauchfiber.com/ball_winder.php
thank you, I am about to order the swift, can’t wait to hear about the ball winder