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Yarn Ball Winder Hand-operated YBW-B

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Yarn Ball Winder Hand-operated YBW-B

(72 customer reviews)

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Features

Sturdy Construction
Smooth Edges
Makes Center-pull balls
Affordable
4 oz Capacity

Description

This brand new yarn ball winder is a great tool for knit and crochet. The clamp-on base allows it to be firmly fixed at the edge of tables, chairs, benches, or any convenient locations. It is best to be used with a swift winder which is available in our eBay store. But you can easily replace a swift with other devices or simply your arms. The craftsmanship on these ball winders is superior. Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. To view this winder in action, please go to our youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahnTc7ocTOA

Product Details

Package Length:	7.2 inches
Package Width:	5.6 inches
Package Height:	4.3 inches
Package Weight:	0.95 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 72 reviews

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 3.5

( 72 customer reviews )
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51 of 51 found the following review helpful:

does the job Jan 31, 2009 By D. Boswell
I've recently started "recycling" old sweaters by unraveling them and knitting them into something else. I wound my first center-pull ball by hand, and it took hours. I had been looking at ball winders, and the hand-winding experience convinced me to pay for the little machine that could do it more quickly and neatly than I could. I don't have a yarn swift; I just hold the sweater in one hand and wind the crank with the other, so the unraveling and winding are all done at once. I don't spin my own yarn, so I don't know how this would handle the stresses of constant use. The main moving parts are plastic, after all. But it's held up fine for me so far. In my opinion, it has paid for itself already with the amount of time I've saved.

Pros: Fast, neat, and the finished balls have a nifty diamond pattern when finished.

Cons: It gets loud when you're winding at a decent speed. When used with yarn containing fibers like angora, your workspace ends up layered in fuzz. Invest in a lint roller. The "sturdy table" to which you plan to clamp this can't be much thicker than 1", or the clamp might not be wide enough.

30 of 31 found the following review helpful:

really good yarn ball winder Sep 12, 2009 By Jo Woolman "JW"
I am so happy to have this yarn ball winder. It works beautifully, and winds the yarn into perfect little drum-shapes. I bought the wooden umbrella yarn holder also, and they work very well together. I have wound everything from lace-weight to chunky, and all have been easy and perfect. I love it, and would recommend it to anyone who knits, crochets, etc.

26 of 27 found the following review helpful:

I love it Feb 14, 2009 By Sheila "Sheila"
I love the yarn ball winder. I think it's pretty sturdy. I'm winding yarn, not rolling up hose. I'm so glad I got this. It winds your yarn into little cakes. So much better than the yarn ball that keeps taking off on me!

9 of 9 found the following review helpful:

Satisfied and Serviceable But Not Stellar Sep 17, 2010 By Rosalynn Fairless
I chose this yarn winder for its lower price and high rating, and I am fairly satisfied with it but not thrilled.

I used it yesterday to wind two balls of laceweight mohair yarn, and my main problem is the little wire arm that feeds the thread onto the ball won't stay in place. I had to use one hand to crank and one hand to hold the wire arm. When I didn't hold the arm in exactly the right place (pulled all the way out and straight upright) because I was watching the skein, the yarn wound into the mechanism and caused a huge knot. I had to unwind half of it to fix it, and I had to borrow another person to watch the skein of yarn to make sure it didn't tangle while I watched the ball to make sure it didn't tangle again. [See Edit below for resolution]

I experienced two other minor problems. The top piece that holds the ball is a separate piece that attaches to the spinning mechanism, and the pieces don't fit together as smoothly as I would like. It takes a minute of turning the top piece back and forth and fiddling with it to get the pieces to lock together. The other minor problem is the clamp extends only far enough down to accommodate a table no thicker than 1 1/2 inches. I had to look around the house to find a suitable place since the dining room table and the desk were too thick.

It did take me nearly two hours to wind both balls of mohair, but I was pleased with the smooth cranking, and when I held the yarn arm in the right place, it wound into a neat, tidy ball. It's made of plastic, but it seems like fairly durable plastic, and I don't think it will break after only a couple uses. I would buy it again because of the price and now that I know how it works a little better, and next time I will simply recruit my husband to help me from the beginning (and maybe wind something a little less finicky than mohair!).

Edit: (March 18, 2011) I changed my rating from 3 to 4 stars because I found out that the little wire arm does indeed stand up straight by itself but only if you yank it really hard as if you were trying to break it. I know the instructions said to pull it out "forcefully," but there's a difference between a hard tug and a destructive yank. It now takes just me to wind a skein of yarn into a ball which is great because I'd just about run out of innocent bystanders to recruit. The other two minor problems still stand: if the top piece pops off, it's a bit tricky to get it back on tight, and the clamp both requires a thin table and gives the winder an awkward shape for storage since it can't sit upright. Overall, however, I'm pleased with what I got for the price and don't regret the purchase.

12 of 14 found the following review helpful:

Poorly made - buy a Royal in stead! Mar 17, 2010 By Gee Bee "Gee Bee"
I owned a Royal ball winder and recently gave it away BIG MISTAKE. I purchased this winder because it was less expensive than the Royal, but it is very poorly made, the silver arm that the yarn threads through would not stand up -- the only thing I liked about it was the way it attached to my table. I am returning this and buying a Royal!

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