Instead of a swift, I usually have Matt my husband or the other Matt hold my yarn. But today, my husband was using his hands to play video games, so I had to improvise.
Here’s the swift in action-
It doesn’t spin, so I have to hold the yarn above Bedtime Bear’s head to the yarn feeds right, but I feel this is an excellent solution. Also Bedtime Bear doesn’t take the yarn on a trip around the house like Matt does.