🧶 Stanwood Needlecraft Wooden Umbrella Swift - Medium: Perfect Yarn Winder for Effortless Crafting and Tangle-Free Knitting Review

I bought this yarn to wrap several balls of yarn. Also bought a Stanwood yarn winder to use with the Swift. Both are amazing! Well made and used together they made the task of wrapping my strands a pleasure. The strand can be wound into a ball in about 5 minutes with a central pull. A nice addition to your workshop, especially if you enjoy collecting specialty threads from high-end thread shops. Because these types of yarns are sold in skeins and not in skeins or center draw skeins. Yarn in…

More durable than I thought and combined with the Stanwood Needlecraft .Ball Winder, it's great! Actually, I learned a few things about yarn. I spun the yarn myself. You know, the old fashioned way - if you have a husband/partner or, like me, yarn on your legs?!. First off, I found that the wooden screen combined with the Ball Winder wound my yarn much more loosely than if I had done it by hand. When I asked an experienced knitter, she said it was the best for knitting and went for the project…

Update 1: [2019-05-04] After receiving a comment from the seller about the grip issue, I tried Swift again and made sure the grip was really tight. And since then I haven't had any problems for years and months. Apparently I was having a bad arthritis day trying to tighten it up earlier and I just couldn't muster my strength or something. I'm increasing my rating from 3 to 4 stars. It still squeaks, sometimes even loudly, and sounds like a duck turning, which I didn't mention before as I was…

This is my first Swift and it was very easy to use for someone with no experience in customization and learning. I had several fine skeins of Malabrigo Rios, but I only wound them as needed as winding skeins takes a lot of effort. This quickly streamlined the process and I have all my skeins ready in less than ten minutes! Most yarn stores have a sweater and ball winder for customers, but for those who need to buy yarn online, having a yarn is incredibly handy. Initially, the device makes some…

Very good Swift but the vise to attach to the table is wooden. VERY difficult to screw on and off. Rating Update April 2018 Downgraded from three to two stars. After the screw became so tight that I couldn't get it out or tighten it, I contacted Stanwood and asked for a quick replacement or refund. They were quick to respond and advised me that "wood is very sensitive" to changes in temperature and humidity and that I should heat the clamp to remove the screw. This allowed me to remove the…

Bought this Swift from Revain less than a year ago. Great price and fast accurate delivery. Like many of you, I bought it to be able to make good "cakes" with yarn without having to wrap a skein myself or ask other household members. As some say, the width of the hole for the swift to get snagged on the worktop or counter is small. In front of me is a small table with pattern instructions, a ball roller and a place to clip a swift. The swift, once pinched, sits high on the table and can get in…