{"id":4908,"date":"2015-03-23T22:06:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T22:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2015-03-25T22:19:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T22:19:06","slug":"fastest-ball-winder-in-the-world-by-boye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/fastest-ball-winder-in-the-world-by-boye\/","title":{"rendered":"Fastest Ball Winder in the World:  By Boye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4899\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/AmelieWindsBalls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4899\" class=\"wp-image-4899 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/AmelieWindsBalls.jpg\" alt=\"AmelieWindsBalls\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/AmelieWindsBalls.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/AmelieWindsBalls-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grand-daughter Amelie helps wind smaller 2oz balls of weft yarns on the Boye electric ball winder<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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?\u00a0 Do you know how many hours I could have used for weaving instead!?!?!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4900\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BallwinderBalls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4900\" class=\"wp-image-4900 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BallwinderBalls.jpg\" alt=\"Ballwinder&amp;Balls\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BallwinderBalls.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BallwinderBalls-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The electric Boye ball winder surrounded by balls of Chilkat warp and weft yarns<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well&#8230;.luckily my dear friend and fellow weaver, Catrina, allowed me to borrow her electric ball winder when my hand-winder broke.\u00a0 An electric ball winder; I never heard of it until I fetched it from Catrina and voile&#8217; what a blessing&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;\u00a0 OH, THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THAT HAND-BALL WINDER &#8212;&#8212; I JUST WISHED IT BROKE 30 years ago!!!!!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4901\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BallwinderAction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4901\" class=\"wp-image-4901 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BallwinderAction.jpg\" alt=\"BallwinderAction\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BallwinderAction.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BallwinderAction-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of the electric Boye ball winder<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Boye electric ball winder retails at $120, HOWEVER, you may buy a new one for $60 via eBay or at JoAnn&#8217;s with a 50% off coupon!\u00a0 GO GET ONE NOW!\u00a0 Spare yourself the trouble of hand-winding; you&#8217;ve got better things to do with your time like weaving, weaving, weaving!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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?\u00a0 Do you know how many hours I could have used for weaving instead!?!?! 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