![Yarn Blocker](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/3095305133_544aff6c16_m.jpg)
Well, I'm weaving. And I haven't used it. Though the warping mill has been very useful!
But, it found a use! (You knew that was coming, didn't you?)
![Three Bobbins Full](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/3096146860_1fb87c8d12_m.jpg)
I've had it in the back of my head for a while, that the yarn blocker would come in handy if I had to unply and separate yarn. I could wind both skeins off the unplied bobbin onto the yarn blocker simultaneously. Having done that exercise once with two co-ball-winders, this seemed like a good enough idea to keep the yarn blocker around.
Then, on a blog the other day (I read too many, I'm afraid I don't remember which -- maybe you saw it too, and can remind me?) I saw a yarn blocker with 6 skeins wound onto it for blocking. A switch flipped in my head ... Aha! I thought, I can wind those bobbins onto my yarn blocker ... all at the same time!
So, I dragged it out of the basement, dusted it off (who spotted the furniture wipes in the first picture? they worked wonders!) and tied it up:
![Triple winding!](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3094/3096146960_7c958781b8.jpg)
![Three Skeins!](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/3095305415_d0772ef412_m.jpg)
And that, is how the Belle makes more time for herself (grin).
Next up: Some help for Dave on making three-plies when the bobbins don't come to an even end ...
1 comment:
:-) !!
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