So odd question, does anyone know the best way to clean a 20 year old yarn ball winder? I got my first one in the early 2000’s when i first started knitting and just got a new one last week because the first was starting to get jerky and bugging my shoulder when I was using it. The one that came seems to be cheaper quality plastic even though I went through my prior orders on Amazon to get another of the same. I am hoping that I can just clean the old one and add new grease (does it use grease or oil?) but I’m not sure… haven’t cracked it open yet.
Also, anyone else experience “squeaking” with the knit picks birch yarn swift? I give major props to their customer service, i contacted them asking which product they reccomend to condition the wood on the birch swift I got back in 2007 (figuring the noise was just from the wood drying out over the years) and they sent me a new one without my asking or requesting I send back the original, but there is still the squeak from the wood rubbing. The metal and plastic one I got on Amazon doesn’t want to stay clamped in the upright position so i only use it for mini skeins….