A new umbrella swift?

When I began learning to spin a few months ago I very quickly acquired a new spinning wheel. A few ladies in my class where buying Lendrums and the opportunity came for me to purchase one. As I began piling up lots of unusable yarn the need came for a way to keep it neatly stored so I did a quick search on the internet for a niddy noddy. I found some plans online to make a homemade one and it worked quite well. As I attend fleece/sheep shows I see this type of PVC niddy noddy showing up. If you're interested you can find it here .
Next came the need for a carder. But wow they are expensive so I starting searching KIJIJI (craigs list) and wouldn't you know it I found a used one in a town close by so I quickly bought it. I even found a yarn winder at a yardsale for $.50, what a great find that was.

Now I need a yarn swift, the problem is I can't find one. My local yarn stores are selling them for $89.00 and I read on a blog recently that the stores are charging $5.00 per skein to ball them for customers and that's when you purchase the skeins from them. Too much!!

After searching ebay, KIJIJI, yardsales, LYS's and local fibre shows, I have decided to try making one myself (when I say myself I really mean my husband)
I found a couple of different plans on the internet and have made two material lists 1. made of wood 2. out of PVC pipe. Both authors say their cost us under $20.00.
So I'm off to the hardware store to see which one is the cheapest and which one I can find all the materials for. If your interested you can find them here: PVC wooden .
I'll try to take plenty of pictures of the process and post them here as well as the cost.

The wooden yarn swift was a success!! Super hoot!! The cost including tax was $11.27 way under the $20.00 and it is amazing. It took approximately 2 1/2 hours to build and maybe 20 minutes to find the material at my local hardware store. I like this one because it works great, can be taken apart for storage, you don't have to mortgage your home to buy and it doesn't require too much skill and just a few power tools, a chop saw and drill press. It sits on a table top , and needs no clamping because it has skid pads on the bottom to keep it from moving.

Here's a little video of the swift assembly