Wednesday, May 27, 2009

With a Swiftness

If you've been stalking Ravelry recently you may have seen a post from a user called FizzTheCarbonated about a swift she made using 4 clothes hangers, a lazy susan, and some clothespins. Well, I thought her idea was mighty fine and I said to myself, "Hey, I have hangers and a lazy susan...I can build a swift, too!!" I dug up all the necessary ingredients, found a bit of tape, and assembled my masterpiece. And I spun my swift in glee. Then my lazy susan came off its ball bearings (or whatever was making in spin) and my masterpiece was no longer in operation. Damn. So I trekked off to store after store until I finally found a new lazy susan (at Target!) to purchase. I brought it home, re-taped various things, and was off spinning again. Swift Part Deux works like a charm..

..which is very good because I have three more skeins of Knit Picks yarn to ball up for Alison's Nightie. I don't have a proper ball winder, but that is a-okay because at least with this swift I can sit comfortably on the couch while balling up yarn, as opposed to standing on dining room chairs with the yarn draped over the chair backs.

Not to let a wave of DIY motivation go to waste, I decided that my closet was full of a lot more clothes hangers, and surely some of those would be fit for turning into sock blockers, right?

Yep.



It doesn't matter that I have only one pair of hand-knit socks that needs blocking. Someday the sock bug might bite me again. The best part about these blockers is that they can hang conveniently in closets or from doorknobs for extra speedy drying.

*Sigh* fun time is over now. It's time to get back to knitting on Alison's Nightie. Did I mention that I am using size 1 needles? Or that this piece needs to be at least 30 inches long (at a gauge of 10 rows/inch ?!)? And there are 288 stitches/row?? Crazy, I know. The good news is that I'm approximately 15 inches in already.
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4 comments:

  1. crochetgurlMay 27, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    You're so innovative! I considered making my own swift, but couldn't figure it out so I broke down and bought one. That sock blocker idea is genius too! :-)

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  2. CandyMay 27, 2009 at 9:04 PM

    Thanks! I am very pleased with both of them, but I only recreated these things after seeing pictures of similar ones on the Internet.

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  3. yoelJune 11, 2009 at 8:34 PM

    What a great idea to make sock blockers! I've been saving my dry-cleaning hangers for 4 years, and the box is finally full. Although now I might have to take some back to make some sock blockers... :)

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  4. AmybelJune 14, 2009 at 6:23 AM

    Love the homemade sock blockers! Will have to keep that in mind when I need them.

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