The invention discloses a novel swinging roller. The novel swinging roller comprises a roller body, a roller shaft and a driving motor and is provided with a middle short shaft which is coaxially arranged with the roller shaft, wherein the middle short shaft is inserted into a tail end of the roller shaft and connected with an output shaft of the driving motor through a universal connecting shaft; the front part of the roller shaft is provided with a front support which comprises a supporting seat and a bearing which is arranged on the roller shaft; the supporting seat is connected with the bearing through a spherical pair; the middle short shaft is provided with a rear support which comprises a bracket, a bearing arranged on the middle short shaft and a bearing seat; the lower part of the bearing seat is fixedly connected with a swinging seat; the lower part of the swinging seat is provided with a swing driving mechanism; and the swing driving mechanism can realize vertical swinging of the roller while realizing horizontal swinging, so that the roller has a simple structure, and is convenient to operate and easy to implement. The device can effectively solve the problem that the roller cannot swing, and can be widely applied to textile industry for promoting development of new technology of the textile industry.