Knitters Pride Plastic Yarn Ball Winder - 4 Ounce Capacity

Details

A compact hand crank winder that makes a center pull cake from a skein or hank, so the yarn feeds from the middle and stays where you put it.

The clamp is what sets this one apart. It opens to 2.6 inches, so it takes a thick kitchen counter, a butcher block, or a heavy work table.

Using it

Clamp it down, thread the yarn through the guide, and wrap it around the top of the spindle before you start turning.

Let the yarn come off the skein with no tension on it, from a swift or a helper's hands. That is what gives you an even cake.

Lift the finished cake straight up off the spindle and pull your working end from the center.

Specs

• Capacity: 4 ounces
• Clamp: fits surfaces up to 2.6 In thick
• Operation: hand crank
• Cake: center pull, coreless

Four ounces covers a standard single skein. If you need to wind bigger hanks whole, the other winders go up to 10 ounces.

Questions we get

How thick a table will the clamp take? Up to 2.6 inches, which is more than most winders allow, so it suits a counter or a workbench.

Do I need a swift? It makes winding easier and gives a neater cake, but a second pair of hands or a chair back will do.

What is a coreless cake? The yarn winds around the spindle and comes off as a self supporting cake with a hollow middle. You knit from the center out.