How to Wind Yarn Without a Yarn Swift or Helper! | ARNE & CARLOS

[@rosalynmoyle3766]

I am impressed at how Arne wound the yarn so smoothly from his own arms.

[@julianejustgermany]

I have memories of holding the yarn as a child 😊 The little hand movement to free the next round is very much instilled

[@milesf7604]

This tutorial is perfect because I have neither a Carlos nor a yarn swift. Such a simple and helpful technique! Thank you 💯💙

[@ARNECARLOS]

You are welcome!

[@Jo-Anne.Clarke]

I should have watched this video last evening. I encountered several tangled snags: of my own making!

[@carolekiernan296]

Never thought of using my own arms...love you guys

[@ARNECARLOS]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@kathieklee3903]

Thank you for another informative video. And did you know that Dolly Parton has pledged $1 million dollars to help the people in the southern part of the U.S. that have been devastated by the terrible floods that have just ravaged the area. Wonderful woman! Thought you would want to know. You and Carlos take care!

[@MaggieMire]

The two of you are so refreshing in this world that is upside down 😂😂❤

[@catnapper3923]

Arne, you are a charmer. I will always tune in to watch you wind wool. That’s a true compliment! You have a way of bringing warmth, interest, and humor to even small things. Thank you.

[@bobbiallison1117]

This is why I love you two! I would have never thought to use my own arms!

[@ARNECARLOS]

😍😍

[@CurleeChapa]

LOL...ARNE "I want you to work for it." Chop-chop, no messing about! By the way, the yarn is a very beautiful shade of blue. Look forward to seeing that in another lovely creation.

[@ClaireH1418]

Shenanigans Coordinator. Love it. And love Arne’s hair style. You guys are great.

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@rosiecat123]

This is how I always do it, not having a swift. It works great, but it is a lot more fun to work with someone else. Thanks guys, always fun to see what you're up to.

[@cristinaslaughter6025]

❤ “If you don’t have a Carlos…” 😊 Very practical method! TMI: We can now say we are truly a 6:06 part of your lives. Happy Sunday!❤

[@dldove22]

I recently discovered distant Norwegian and Swedish ancestry. I didn't know I'd be learning about my ancestors watching you as well! Thank you very much.

[@jvallas]

I once built a swift out of Tinker Toys. It wasn't very elegant, but it actually worked! It has never occurred to me to place the yarn on my arms. That's great!

[@LisaZiaSolel]

I’d had made one of those as well! It was kind of rickety but worked well enough. I liked that it was so adjustable to different sizes and types of yarns. 🧶🎉

[@jvallas]

@@LisaZiaSolel Yes! 👏

[@denubug]

Awesome, I usually wrap the skein around my back of chair

[@brendal2438]

Love seeing your rooms. There is always a way to do something.

[@Ridiculina]

I normally use two chairs, back to back, and put the skein over the two backs, pretty high up. Then I push them apart so you get the right tension. Impressive to see you just using your arms though! Have a great week, everybody :)

[@ARNECARLOS]

Enjoy your week!

[@peggiwarburton4977]

I helped my grandma by holding the yarn. Great memories.

[@MelanieJay77]

Hello Arne love this episode! Hello Carlos!! Glad you made it!!

[@dldove22]

My late mother gave me a yarn swift. I think of her every time I use it. It has amused my cats too.

[@ozgirl45]

I used to do this with my grandmother. Great memories!

[@jeanetteferguson7079]

I remember holding the yarn for my mum while she wound the yarn a long time ago now.🥰

[@dorindacontreras1094]

Wow!!!! I could save so much time!!!! ❤❤❤ thanks for the wonderful tip!!! Have a great day guys!!!

[@ARNECARLOS]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@deborahlee4941]

You put a smile on my face calling for Carlos. Oh, there he is...😂

[@marilyn9155]

Clever and cute way to impart practical info! ❤xx

[@barbarakb8847]

I absolutely LOVE winding yarn by myself! It’s a Zen experience for me.😊

[@mywoolmitten]

Thank you for the smile as always 😊

[@thizizliz]

Arne knows how to get things done! I do love my Swift and ball winder though. Arne, I think Carlos is thrifting without you - you said swift; he heard thrift. Bummer. :D

[@cherylg.813]

You're so good, Arne! Have a wonderful week! ❤❤🤗😘

[@scanzaroli]

Sweet! I always hang it around my neck, but this will be much easier! Thank you Arnie

[@lindabardes9974]

My mother was a knitter and I remember many many times being her stationary yard winder. ❤️

[@ARNECARLOS]

☺️☺️

[@inge6280]

Makes total sense, never occurred to me 😂😂. (Love the t shirt)

[@TheSuzberry]

Some of the folks who were on your latest tour were also at Shetland Wool Week. They were telling us what lovely people you are.

[@ARNECARLOS]

😍😍

[@karinlightner775]

Too fun! Thanks, as ever, for the fun!

[@Francesca1545]

I really am happy that you brought this to our attention about winding yarn into a ball. With everybody seeming to have those spinners to wind quickly, I had totally forgot we used to wind up our yarn with a friend or just exactly how you did it with your arms! 😍. Thank you so much!

[@ARNECARLOS]

You are welcome!

[@jeanettewelch3729]

love this episode, going to give this a go with my next skein.😮

[@ARNECARLOS]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@karinlightner775]

Love the t-shirt, Carlos! 🎉

[@elizabethdelong6431]

I will teach my granddaughter this!❤

[@ARNECARLOS]

😍😍

[@toniprutch8956]

You two are so cute!❤

[@noellesweeney6739]

I have used the chair method but love the arm method! Thanks Arne

[@KathrynRose-schultz-qs6qw]

Cool! I always make a mess of it and have tangles!

[@dianacox8200]

That's how I do my skeins using my own arms no problem

[@macsmiffy2197]

I’m old enough to remember when yarn (wool) only came in 1oz skeins (very little waste!) Mostly 3 ply or 4ply, so it would take a while to knit a jumper. We always used the back of the chair to wind if no one was around. Patterns came in sizes and acrylic yarn (plastic from oil!) wasn’t available. My new eco rule is…don’t buy anything which will take longer to biodegrade than me and I recycle and reuse as many of my clothes as I can. I’m currently knitting an aran jacket made from unravelled Rowan Tweed, which started life as a blanket. 💚

[@ARNECARLOS]

That is an interesting rule.

[@ozgirl45]

@@macsmiffy2197 I’m old enough to remember when we called it “wool” not yarn because that’s what it was! And my grandmother would unravel old items, wash the wool and then rewind to knit again. Recycling before it became trendy.

[@irenemacleod5140]

Hi guys loved the yarn great way to do the yarn I do this to before I crochet something take care

[@ARNECARLOS]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@patriciamm9859]

I always ended up with a mess with 1 chair so I used 2 chairs back to back to create some tension. Now I bought a swift and winder and I find making cakes much more fun, but working together with a knitting enthusiast is the BEST

[@bayareaknitter]

Brilliant video! I'm going to give that method a go! (winding on my own arms) Have fun in the garden!

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@bayareaknitter]

@@ARNECARLOS you’re very welcome!

[@pattyellen1954]

I use my sewing table chairs upside-down :)

[@susanmartin2857]

That’s great! Thanks for the great tip.

[@ARNECARLOS]

You are welcome!

[@lynetteruest480]

Wow! That’s genius - never thought of using my own two arms!!😂

[@ARNECARLOS]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@DjastinFaiht]

Hehehe, two days ago this would have been completely new for me. But I am watching Kate’s videos back and stumbled over one where she did exactly this yesterday 😅 Funny how by chance something new pops up multiple times in a row and enforces the memory 😁

[@janegriggles4049]

I wish I had known this self-arm method 3 weeks ago. I was working at the Renaissance Festival in my area and was winding a hank of yarn to knit with during quiet times in my booth. 3/4 of the way done, the yarn was so light weight, the wind blew it off the chair and it tangled instantly! I got so frustrated, I cut it off and threw it in a bag to finish at home. But then some friends in nearby booth said they loved untangling yarn (normally I do too) so over the next 2 hours, they worked on it. Now I have a momma ball and a baby ball to start knitting with! 😂

[@cosudu3002]

This is off-topic but: I love those groovy-looking lamps you have there in the background.

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@annmcg9781]

So fun! Like you, Arne, I grew up holding the yarn for my aunt and Mom while they wound it. I’ve never tried winding it myself using just my arms. Usually my partner is willing to help me out. Thanks for this enjoyable video.

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

Great idea! I usually go to the LYS to have them do it for me, but this works great and I won't end up adding additional yarn to my stash as I walk through the store. lol😉

[@ARNECARLOS]

😂😂

[@LilChi1964]

I first saw Anemore Sundbo do it on one of your cruises. I was amazed ❤

[@ARNECARLOS]

👍🏻

[@kayfi2001]

“Car…los!” I like it.

[@vivianpowell1732]

I will be trying the winding method using my own arms. Winding yarn hanks has always been a major frustration for me. One step that helps is to hang the untwisted loop of yarn overnight, then hold it tight on one end and give it a good shake before winding. Thanks for this helpful demonstration.

[@ARNECARLOS]

You are welcome!

[@bostonpicker7947]

I sit on the couch or in bed or on the floor with feet flat on the surface and knees in the air and put the open skein around my knees. But I like your isea of using my own arms.

[@KatesCraftingCorner]

Same. I’m not sure I’m coordinated enough to do it on my arms

[@anthrogal78]

Oh, I hope the Shenanigans Coordinator t-shirt is something you are going to put in your merchandise store. I just may have to grab that to wear to work :D

[@HelenDuncan-v2j]

How clever to use your own arms. I'm not sure I will tell my unwilling volunteers though! PS: I have just pre ordered your new fabric, can't wait to see it

[@ARNECARLOS]

We hope you like them!

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

That’s a great idea! I normally recline with my knees up, and put the skein on my knees. I’m going to try the arm method!

[@ARNECARLOS]

Have fun!

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

@@ARNECARLOS glad to see both of you but fun watching Arne!

[@deborahlee4941]

I used to hold the skein for my grandmother when I was a child in Chile.

[@louisearsenault7594]

Thanks for the trick. My boyfriend didn't like to hold the yarn while I was making the ball! And I didn't like to put the yarn on the back of a chair. So, I bought, a few years ago, a table top wooden yarn swift winder. It sits on the table! You don't have to attach it on the side of a table (I had to have one because I've had inherited some yarns from my sister). It is a marvelous invention.

[@ARNECARLOS]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@jvallas]

Wow, I just saw a Dolly Parton ad on this video!!!

[@ARNECARLOS]

Wow, that is amazing😍😍

[@jilliankonig2759]

When I wind yarn by hand, I keep a finger over the ball and wind around it about 10 times, pull it out, move it to another area of the ball, etc. I end up with a ball that does not have stretched-out yarn, which is good if I don't use it right away.

[@Marysharp6366]

I usually use the back of a chair to wind my wool. Greetings from New Zealand

[@debvan3736]

I wound yarn into balls in a similar manner for decades, but recently learned, from a different KZbin video, how to hand-wind center-pull balls using a toilet paper or paper towel tube, which works much better than a simple ball. As to the skeins, I sit back in my recliner and drape it around my knees.

[@ritahenderson1627]

Used to throw my skein over a large lamp shade-loosen the top nut so it will spin!

[@patriciaheil6811]

I tend to use my keyboard or a knee to keep the hank steady while I wind and at the end I hook it over my hand for the last ten or so rounds. I've never had a swift or a Carlos.

[@nataliealexander7457]

A few years ago, I received some gifted yarn that had been wound like tennis balls (cannon balls?). I unwound it, made long hanks, soaked it, blotted it, and hung it up to dry, turning it often. My best way to rewind it (proper tension, loose in comparison) was to put one loop around my neck and the other over my left toe, and wind away....OK a silly method, shaped by how long my hank-loops were; but it worked for me!

[@hillbill3243]

Genius!

[@vickiknits]

Yes. I use the back of a chair. In the old days I would hold the yarn and my mom would wind.

[@nicolelafontaine1720]

Great method ! Sometimes I just put the skein around my knees, sitting crosslegged and make my ball, sometimes (usually when the yarn is finer) I put the chair uside down on the table and place the skein aroud the legs of the chair, or I place two chairs back to back and put the skein aroud the two backs, spacing the chairs at the right distance so the skein is not too loose nor to tight. I love making my balls by hand, it is my first contact whit the yarn, I love to discover it that way. I usually use a "Nostepine" to allow me to knit from thae isnde of the ball also if needed.

[@jeannetomlinson3055]

I drape my skein over my knee, but I was my mother’s yarn holder for many years, sitting on a stool while she wound the yarn ball. I never minded 😊

[@angko-pe]

This is how I nearly divorced my husband, him standing there as a good-for-nothing yarn skein holder and the yarn getting tangled because he didn't move his hands or hold his arms straight enough 😅😅

[@davidhensley76]

I never even imagined asking my now ex-wife to hold a skein for me to wind. Two dining room chair backs were much friendlier.

[@ninjablueflame6]

😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣

[@lorraineking6368]

I have used my knees before to hold the yarn too.

[@donnaloucks367]

Where were you 24 hours ago...I was winding yarn without my swift and it didn't go well. I'll try this next time!

[@ARNECARLOS]

Good luck!

[@claireryan8074]

I love to pull yarn from the middle so would have preferred a way to keep the inside end more available.

[@greteklingenberg8846]

did you ever make a segment from Venice

[@ChezChristine57]

Allo Friends,,, now it maby time for you to show us the best way to restore an old prefered felted nice wool sweater.. i wear my old wool sweater .. and it look tired... but if you have some trick to rejuvinate old nice wool work .. would be great.... thank you from Québec

[@blasebaker]

Where’s Carlos? ❤😂 great tips Arne.

[@ARNECARLOS]

👍🏻

[@deborahalchin3360]

I’ve also used my husband, a pillow and on occasion my feet to hold the yarn if I needed the yarn and I’m away from home

[@ARNECARLOS]

😂

[@deniseinman2658]

I love to sit in my recliner and wind my yarn. I tent my legs, lay the skein around my knees and wind away.

[@janinelindsey6087]

I use my knees

[@elizabethamis9376]

I don't have Carlos. Would you make one for me please? 😅❤👍

[@ARNECARLOS]

❤️❤️

[@2biebs]

I was taught by my grandmother to do it this way :-) this brought back memories. PS I saw the winder last in Februari. 😊

[@ARNECARLOS]

😍

[@selinab8532]

I used to turn a chair upside down & use the legs to put the wool around, now my wool comes in balls not hanks thanx for sharing

[@tassiegirl1991]

Like gorgeous Arne who is so sweet it’s how I have always wound wool.

[@paulinecornwell5787]

I tried that once Arne. It was chaos.

[@deborahstuart4071]

I prefer the back of the chair method myself, BUT I was always taught to wind the wool round my fingers, then ease them out when you change direction. This way, according to my grandmother, you don't stretch the yarn - is that wisdom or nonsens

[@kiddycar16]

Have used chair turned upside down to do my yarn. Now I have electric ball whining machine.

[@lynnewillette2654]

Haha. Funny.

[@murphymcbride6863]

I stick it on my feet. :)

[@ARNECARLOS]

😍

[@titania8354]

I prefer two chairs.

[@lisajahn6839]

😊❤🎉

[@mickeyiael9013]

❣️💌❣️

[@treeinthenorth918]

Whoda thunk? Smart!

[@sarahferrell5458]

“TMI” lol

[@maryjeanchapple6582]

It never occurred to me that yarn could be wound on one’s own arms! 😳

[@summersailing8175]

what did I miss? I think I went from the beginning of the episode to the ending......