For nearly nearly 30 years I wound all my balls of weft yarns by hand; do you know how many hours and hours and hours that was for 10 major woven robes and woven ensembles and weaving classes/apprentices? Do you know how many hours I could have used for weaving instead!?!?!
Well….luckily my dear friend and fellow weaver, Catrina, allowed me to borrow her electric ball winder when my hand-winder broke. An electric ball winder; I never heard of it until I fetched it from Catrina and voile’ what a blessing——– OH, THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THAT HAND-BALL WINDER —— I JUST WISHED IT BROKE 30 years ago!!!!!
The Boye electric ball winder retails at $120, HOWEVER, you may buy a new one for $60 via eBay or at JoAnn’s with a 50% off coupon! GO GET ONE NOW! Spare yourself the trouble of hand-winding; you’ve got better things to do with your time like weaving, weaving, weaving!!!