Stanwood Needlecraft YBW-M Hand-Operated Yarn Ball Winder, 7-Ounce

I bought this a couple months ago and finally tried it out. It winds the yarn smoothly into a nice little ball. I will definitely need a swift to make the process easier. I probably had a bit too much yarn for this size winder, so I’ll have to keep that in mind. But it was easy to use, stayed solid on the table edge, seems really well made. My only issue (probably because it was my first attempt) is that I should have hung onto the inner yarn end when I pulled the ball off the winder. I lost track of that end, so I don’t have an inner yarn pull now. Great purchase overall.

I’m happy with this winder. Never had one before, even though I’ve been knitting for 55 years, so I don’t have anything to compare it with. But it’s helping me tame my large supply of cotton yarn for dish cloths. The cakes take up less storage space than the huge skein and are easier to knit from—win/win. I found the cakes were too loose unless I held the yarn with my left hand and wound with my right. Seems to need that extra bit of tension to avoid a too-loose cake. Glad I bought it.

Starwood yarn winder, name on the base, works exactly right and holds more than 100 grams of wool. I don’t know how much more as I haven’t tried larger hanks but probably 150 grams would work.

I purchased this cake yarn winder after reading recommendations from quite a few posters from the yarny community on YouTube. It was so simple to set up (unlike another no-brand winder I picked up elsewhere previously) and I was ready to start caking in no time at all. I mounted it on a left-over shelf sized board that fits across my lap so It could be portable for use anyplace around the home. What I especially like about this winder is that it requires just one yarn guide so you can adjust the tension by holding the yarn to get as firm a cake as you like,; it holds a respectable 7 ounces of yarn and the working gears are completely enclosed eliminating the possibility of yarn getting hopelessly entangled in the gears. This yarn cake winder is a quality item, somewhat more costly than other similar winders, but well worth the price and I highly recommend it.

Love this winder! Does the job of winding a skein of yarn into a cake in a couple of minutes!