Spindle Rig

I've been working through my spin kit from Spin Off and wanted to share how I wind my spun yarn from the spindle.  I learned about this trick in one of my classes I took with Deb.  I think Susan also had a hand in this ingenious trick. This is my set up in my studio with my ball winder to one side.

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So, all you need is a clamp and a couple fishing swivels.  The clamp was purchased from Peavy Mart or Canadian Tire - any hardware store really (or even the dollar store) and the swivels are super cheap and can be found anywhere.  I just attached a couple end to end and attached on end to the clamp.  It's as simple as just clamping your rig to something and hanging the hook of your spindle into the free swivel. 

I hold onto the shaft of the spindle so it has a bit of tension and wind off the yarn on my ball winder - or niddy noddy after plying.  Simple yet effective.  Here is a quick video of it in action.

  If you are interested in how I wind yarn off of my support spindles, I do something similar which you can read about in this previous blog post.  How do you wind off your yarn?