Yarn Swift for Mothers Day

Great looking Swift.
It’ll mean ten times more to her being home made.
And, if that is her handiwork in the back ground, she sure is a good knitter!

Very nice, a simple and very functional design. I want to make my wife one also and have been looking for something along these lines. Can I as how long it took to make?

-- Upstate South Carolina Woodworker

It only took about three hours total and that includes milling all of the materials. I used rough poplar stock and milled all of the lumber down to dimension. I really did not work from a plan and it turned out a lot better than I expected being my first attempt at making one of these. I would also recommend putting clear rubber rings around the ends of the dowels that hold the yarn. They will prevent it from falling off while it is turning. I am in process of making a ball winder to go with this. Let me know if you have any other questions.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a hand plane passing across a board in an otherwise quiet shop.