LOL, I respectfully disagree. When I use silk 120/2, also Treenway, my umbrella swift is like having a third hand. The skein itself has enough thread to last a lifetime or three of bobbin lacing. It is sold as weaving yarn, for those who like doing projects at 40 ends per inch. If the swift is secure, a skein shouldn't drop, unless the skein itself was poorly wound. Or if it does loosen in the process, that is just something to watch for.
I also use the swift for winding bobbins from skeins of embroidery floss. This saves me a lot of headache as I don't have the knack for pulling a length from the folded skein - now *that* makes a tangled mess in my hands. Admittedly, winding bobbins from a spool is a lot less fuss than from a skein on an umbrella swift. We do what we can with what we have. I don't have a skein winder but I do like using the niddy-noddy, good for winding small skeins of bobbin lace threads for dyeing projects. On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Bespokethreadsandyarns < bespokethreadsandya...@gmail.com> wrote: > For very fine yarns such as used in bobbin lace, -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
