The swift is a tool consisting of a base on which a wooden cross is attached, which rotates on a horizontal axis thanks to the action of a crank. At the ends of the arms of the cross are placed wooden boards perpendicularly. The swift was used to unwind the yarn from the spindle or shuttle and rewind it into skeins. One end of the yarn was in fact fixed on the swift, which by rotating unwound it from the spindle or shuttle to rewind it onto the horizontal boards of the reel creating the skein.