Lacis LB62 Thread Ball Holder: Simplify Your Sewing Project with this Efficient Thread Organizer Review

Sharp edges make it uncomfortable and the bottom panel prevents large balls from lying flat. Adding a board cut out of cardboard helps, as does wrapping the wire ends. It gets three stars because they are very hard to find these days.

Holds skeins of yarn. Convenient and fairly secure, although I imagine the "locking" mechanism will degrade with use. It's cheap so I won't worry about it. I just hope the TSA doesn't swear by it. After all, it's metal.

A girl from my knitting group brought one of these to the group and I knew I had to find it myself. I love knitting socks and often work standing up with a ball in my hand. With this tool I can wear yarn like a bracelet. Works with yarn wound into "cake" yarn on a ball winder. It's detachable so you can easily take it off when you don't need to knit on the go. Overall a great product and I am very happy with the fast shipping. Thanks very much!

I bought this knitting gadget because it seemed to me an easy way to control the ball of yarn in the car, on the plane or while knitting in a café. For the most part, it doses what it's supposed to do: keep your yarn close and don't get tangled. In doing so, I encountered two problems. First, the yarn is sometimes wrapped around the top of the stem where it enters the ball of yarn; a quick twist in the opposite direction is enough to straighten it out again. Second, a wire ring worn on the hand