Oh....Lazy Kate
Since I've been plying my single ply yarns I ran out of room on the spindles from my Kromski to complete the yardage of the yarn. Searching the internet I found several Lazy Kates but none that seemed to hold as much yarn I would like to be able to. I had the idea to find some antique loom spindles at our local antique shops and that was easy peasy. I found a huge basket in the floor of one booth full of all shapes and sizes of loom spindles. I bought my eight inch loom spindles for $5 bucks a piece and the smaller ones with the really cool gears on them for only $3 bucks. I had an idea of what I wanted the base to look like to hold my new spindles The men in my house build motocross cycles, street rods and houses but when I have an idea or ask for help....they seem to disappear. There it was an oak DVD holder at the Goodwill and just looking at it I thought just maybe it could be modified to hold my loom spindles. When I got it home and placed the loom spindles on the horizontal posts I could not believe how well the loom spindles fit. I was a happy camper. With the loom spindles resting on the horizontal posts I knew that when I went to plying my yarn the spindles wouldn't move easy. So with some 5/8" dowel rods and much coaxing for some holes to be drilled in the sides of the oak DVD shelf the loom spindles are resting above the horizontal posts and spin smooth. Sure I would have loved to order the beautifully crafted Lazy Kate that matches my Kromski but I got a whole lot of bang for not much money and a lot room to ply yarn from on my homemade version. I hope you are inspired to look around and see what resources you have to create your own Lazy Kate.
