Woolly winding

There was a thread on http://knittyboard.com/ earlier this week in which winding lace yarn is discussed. It's interesting how some folk hate it, others enjoy it or enrol members of the family to help. I fall into the enjoy it camp and just love the transformation. As an example I bought the above skein of 2ply cashmere before Xmas, was really pleased with the colour at the time but when I took it out of my stash a couple of weeks ago wasn't too sure. In fact it is a bit paler than the pics. However when I wound it to produce:-

I'm really happy again.