If I don’t have access to the swift and ball-winder (are those the right terms?), I sit with my knees up…feet tucked towards my butt…put the skein around my knees that are spread out enough to make it taught and not fall off, then start winding it in a ball. (A visual might be fun to add…but I don’t have one, because I probably look ridiculous. Hahaha!) Most crazy place I’ve done this? Airplane. (I’m a world traveler…and sometimes I just can’t wait on those really long flights.)