Where can I get a set of Tinker Toys?

[bicentennial_baby]

Will Toys 'R Us have them? I need them for a knitting/spinning project.

:hi:

[Kali]

1. they used to have them

and the smell is still the same! (but there are a lot more plastic parts in there)

[bicentennial_baby]

3. I'll check them online first

Although, there are some local indy toy shops that might have them too.

[Muttocracy]

2. eBay

http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=tinker+toys+-bell&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=tinker+toys&_osacat=0

[DeepBlueC]

4. here's a link

http://www.hasbro.com/playskool/tinkertoy/ for places to buy online & in store

also ebay

[wovenpaint]

5. You're building a swift!

I'm a spinner myself and I lucked into a full tinker toy set at the local Salvation Army store-(you need the large size set)and, yes it works fine!
Check this place out to maybe find a "real" swift...http://www.kbbspin.org/
:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Yes I am!

I figure I've spent an obscene amount of $$ on yarn, fiber, tools, and accessories lately, that I can hold off on the $75-$1000 range swifts. For now. :P

[DeepBlueC]

7. what is a swift?

Excuse my ignorance. I checked your link and the word "swift" did not jump out at me so now I have ask.

[wovenpaint]

8. It holds a skein of yarn so you can wind it

into a yarn ball or cone, otherwise you have to ask someone to hold up their hands to keep it stretched out...don't feel ignorant, textile stuff seems almost a lost art. BUT I think we're going to be re-learning it :D
see photo and explanation here http://www.dsz123.net/Projects/YarnSwift/

[DeepBlueC]

9. I have been that human swift many times

Thank you for that. :D