Attach the swift to the table.Identify the lever to raise and lower the swift. Pull up on the lever to make the swift slightly bigger so the skein has something to sit on, but isn’t too big so you can easily slide the skein over.
Place the skein of yarn over the swift to the middle.Then pull the skein to one side while lifting the lever to fit the skein.
1 Hank of Yarn
If the yarn came with ties around it, remove them.
Use a Yarn Winder and Swift
The yarn is now ready to use, nicely untangled!Find one of the ends of the yarn. You can attach it to a yarn winder to wind it into a ball, knit directly from it, use a niddy noddy to measure the skein, or whatever else you would like.