My irregular series on fiber crafting on a tight space/money budget, aka repurposing household objects.
What to do when you have no umbrella winder to hold a skein? If you can't commandeer a nearby sibling, roommate or lover to hold it, try putting the yarn over the back of two chairs.
Pros: no additonal equipment to buy; easily adjust for skein size by shifting chair positions; minimal snarky comments from voluntold assistants.
Cons: the chairs do not rotate, so you have to walk around them; does not provide fun commentary.
 Two chairs holding a yarn skein. |
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ReplyDeleteDefintely been there! I also often have it draped over my legs with my knees as the center point if the yarn is reasonably well behaved. Whenever I don't have a helper, though, I usually wind up with weird clumps and so have to walk around the house trailing yarn to untangle. Which is a fun path to rewalk!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I am putting this in my crafting hacks toolbox, for future reference.
ReplyDeleteI've also use this method (chairs much farther apart) to measure out warp threads for weaving.
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