Review on 🧶 Stanwood Needlecraft Large Metal Yarn Winder - Effortlessly Wind 10 oz of Fiber, Wool, or String! by Kelly Caballes

UPDATED in 3 weeks use: If you're winding fast yarn with a small Royal plastic ball winder, take this into account but don't expect neat cakes. (Keep Royal on skeins of 100g or less!) When you buy $$$ yarn you want to store it neatly and without risk of falling apart. It's easy to use - once you get used to it, it did a good job using 8oz worsted yarn (cream yarn photo). Unfortunately, the more I use it, the less I like it. It's also important to find a place where you can comfortably spin it in circles. (I found it easier to curve it on my rotator cuff/shoulder, while standing to one side instead of facing him. In the last few weeks I have tried different yarn sizes in different amounts. The only accurate result is obtained with a large amount of worsted yarn. I've tried winding slower, faster, keeping the swaying standing feed arm stationary (doesn't help as the rotating arm vibrates it), holding the yarn did everything to improve the cleanliness of the wound yarn. Nothing helped. Strings occasionally form on the top of the cake, and to make matters worse, the bottom often sticks out. He simply will not be able to accurately wind a skein of lace yarn. I wrapped 400m ball (sock/fingers), 800m ball (tip), doesn't help anymore. On lighter scales it's always messy from start to finish. Advantages: - Rock solid machine clamp fits thicker surfaces/tables compared to typical Japanese ball winders. - Large, easy-to-turn handle that allows me to roll up at a constant speed. - Gears hook perfectly despite heavy/stubborn yarn or stubborn shear. -large capacity. I just wrapped 8 oz Swift 6-ply cashmere (hvy DK/worsted) around it. I've attached a photo of the cake, nice and neat. Cons: (revised 12/8/16): - cakes don't wrap one at a time - strands get cut off at the top no matter how slow I move. I can't produce the same neatly aligned two tier cake pan as I can with the Royal. - pear-shaped cakes, wider / loose at the bottom or rounded with a protruding internal thread. - Uneven winding is caused by bouncing in a perpendicular metal thread guide caused by the rotating arm itself! - Top cakes are constantly dirty/wobbly. I maintain a constant spin rate, but the standing metal arm vibrates and wobbles and the yarn pulls and loosens no matter what I do. - The tip finger yarn begins to coil high on the spindle and then slides down, leaving the first few layers of coiled yarn sticking out like a dirty navel when it's finished and removed. I have to move it back to the center or the strands will fall out. But what I press gets confused by it. With thicker Dk worsted yarns and larger quantities, this will eventually even out.) - the more yarn in the ball, the better the result, EXCEPT for lace, silk, linen and fine cashmere. God! - I had to rewind several times because of very sloppy cakes. The dark yarn on top and bottom is a typical result of 800m of lace wrapped into flat cakes. The bottom part is wider and looser than the top part. Overall this is a quality instrument but I might give the Royal a miss due to the tip and small volumes. I hate winding yarn to keep it tidy. but I might miss the royal due to the spike and low crowds. I hate winding yarn to keep it tidy. but I might miss the royal due to the spike and low crowds. I hate winding yarn to keep it tidy.