The Knit Picks Birch Winding Station is a four-piece set in matching birch that brings together the main tools for turning hanks into usable yarn. It's built around a yarn swift and a ball winder, so it covers the winding job in one purchase.
Buying the pieces together means they look like a set on the table or shelf, and you don't have to research each tool separately. Birch is a light, smooth hardwood that suits a craft room.
It's an easy gift for a knitter or crocheter who has started buying hand-dyed yarn and is tired of winding by hand over a chair.
Good for
- Setting up a home winding station
- Knitters new to buying hand-dyed hanks
- A substantial gift
- Rewinding yarn from finished or frogged projects
Using it
Put the swift and winder at either end of a table, a few feet apart, so the yarn has a straight path between them. Untwist the hank, put it on the swift with ties still on, open the swift until it's snug, then cut the ties. Wind at a steady pace with light tension. Our skein vs. hank guide explains why hanks need winding, and how to store yarn covers what to do with the cakes.
Looking after it
Wipe the wood with a soft dry cloth and keep it away from heat and damp. Store the swift closed.