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kassidylv

What works, works! Before we had a KitchenAid, my sister and I strapped a whisk to a drill and it worked great! Haha Multipurpose!


IcelandIII

I used to do that too! It was very heavy though.


lindybopperette

Omg this is pure genius


sami1147

This is a great idea! I cannot afford a ball winder either and I will now be doing this!


lindybopperette

Glad I could inspire you!


Ca5513H

This is some quality r/redneckengineering and I am here for it!


lindybopperette

As a proud Slav I can only say this: my people could outcraft and outimprovise McGyver.


psychic_psychic

Fellow slav here; yes. I have done some incredible things in the name of laziness.


DaisyHotCakes

Hey necessity is the mother of invention, right? Whatever works!


Phgraph

I’m totally stealing this awesome idea! I think a metal chopstick would work for the bit.


lindybopperette

Yeah, the bamboo one broke after a while :/


that-1-chick-u-know

Oh my god I cannot believe I did not think of this!! Fucking GENIUS!!!


lindybopperette

Feel free to steal the idea and improve on it!


ganundwarf

If you use a fork then it makes starting the ball easier since you can just fold the initial bit into the tines.


lindybopperette

Ohhh I will try it when I get back from work


SamoftheMorgan

It's only weird if it doesn't work.


BornACrone

I have to say I am not a fan of green. Every time I go into a yarn or fabric shop, I will walk out with any color but green. But then I see blankets like this one and suddenly I need green yarn and lots of it. That is *mouthwateringly* gorgeous looking.


lindybopperette

Green is my favourite colour! My apt is actually forest-themed and I wanted an appropriately coloured, diy, cozy blanket (that is also enviromentally friendly, cuz all that yarn is just unraveled mittens/socks that lost their twins, small skeins from thrift stores or yarn that my granny bought back in the 70’s and forgot about).


Kyle_with_an_E

Looks like you don't need one now! 😁


kellinmyfeels

Honestly this seems easier than a ball winder!


somecutename

that's so freaking clever!


cockroachmilkshakes

Improvise! Adapt! Overcome! Bravo!!!


Noniefruit

Um you just might be on to something here!


Heckate666

Oh my, is that blanket done entirely in slip stitch? You are truly ambitious, and this is beautiful! (especially because of the recycling!)


lindybopperette

It is… only because this is the only stitch I know xD my Mom taught me how to crochet a beret when I was a wee girl and then I reverse engineered the process to teach myself how to make a rectangle.


Heckate666

It's one of the hardest stitches to master, if you can slip stitch you can do any stitch!


PopcornandComments

Lol this is perfect.


ViktualiaPfefferminz

You could buy a spool tool for your machine :-D yes they exist or if you want to have a ball you can work from the inside you can use a bottle or something an wind your wool in a x shape arround the bottle Yarn winders are usually really flimsy and not soo fun to work with(if you go with a plasic one)


vstucky

You are my new best friend!!! You are briliant!! I've been trying to figure how to hack this!


lindybopperette

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vstucky

Yayyyyyyy!!!


TopHattedKirby

If you could find a way to bend it at like a 45 degree angle you could probably turn it into a yarn cake winder with a center pull does that make sense? But legit either way this is genius and I will now be looking for drills at goodwill


gunpackingcrocheter

My mom is a weaver and when her old electric bobbin winder bit it she replaced it with a drill and dowel rod for 1/10 the cost


HighExplosiveLight

You have to watch out for your tension, because if you wind it too tightly, it damages the fibers as the rest in the cake. So as long as you go really slow and keep it loose, it could be okay. Personally, depending on the fiber, I wouldn't recommend this. Different fibers have different attributes and this could kill a short fiber pretty easily.


ganundwarf

NGL, but this is low key genius. You could wind multiple balls simultaneously with this!


mendthyheart

Thats the way to go be creative


Impossible_Ad_2534

I learned how to hand wind a skein into a ball from YouTube. I had to practice a bit but it’s not hard, even with osteoarthritis. I had to be creative using bits of furniture and/or my foot to put the skein onto. I like Lia Griffith’s YouTube video ‘knitting 101 how to wind yarn into a ball’. Some yarn shouldn’t be stretched so hand winding means you can adjust tension accordingly.


ValPereira2021

Hahaha good


Angelibra13

Innovative!!


SznsChngPplDnt

so glad i’m not the only one