I'm so excited about this new spinning contraption! I saved up and got it for myself for my birthday.
It's a WooLee Winder, which finally arrived last Saturday right after our Frog Pond Frolic. This wonderful tool guides the yarn coming onto the bobbin to be distributed evenly without moving the yarn up and down the hooks. I expected some improvement in spinning, but this is fab-u-lous! No more stopping every few minutes to 
adjust the bobbin take-up spot. You just spin, and spin, and spin....
adjust the bobbin take-up spot. You just spin, and spin, and spin....The yarn on the bobbin was spin from Elizabeth Matthew's beautiful dyed fiber - this being superwash merino I got on Saturday.
Don't do what I did, though - tried to copy Svenja's technique of winding singles directly onto a ball winder - the object was to ply from the inside and outside back onto a bobbin. Well, the inside pull tangled badly, ruining the core of the ball. After spending about four hours trying to untangle the snarl, I wound up throwing about an ounce of it away. Live and learn!
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Have fun with the new toy. Please, don't tempt me to buy one. They're out of my budget range. See you Tuesday night.
Oh my, looks so fun! Sorry you lost some of that beautiful stuff!
Jess, it looks so pretty on the wheel spun up like that. I'm sorry you lost some. I think I may have a bit more of that, I'll have to forage and dig it out for you! And the new gadget! You deserve it though. Oh, I do use the technique that Svenia uses. I have to, I run out of bobbins if I don't. I have about all 9 of my extra bobbins full! heheheheh
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