Review on 🧶 Lacis Jumbo Yarn Ball Winder: Efficiently Manage Your Yarn with Ease! by Kelsey Brown

This is a great yarn winder. I've had it for six months or so and haven't had any problems with it. I've used it to wrap over a hundred cakes of various sizes, textures and weights. It makes excellent center draw cakes that sit perfectly flat. The cakes are great for use and display as they stack nicely and firmly. Smaller cakes are less cylindrical and more difficult to stack/display but still have all the benefits of ease of use. Over time, as you use up the yarn in the cake, the cake will kind of wilt, but even when the cake does wilt, I've never had an issue with tangling. It is a good idea, being careful with fading strands and rewinding them once you've finished a project to keep them taut and tangle-free. During use, the winder removes the nap from the yarn. It won't be much if you just wrap a cake and then remove the wrapper. If you bake a lot of cakes in a row, you will see leftovers all over the table. It's a good idea to move electronics away from the winch when in use to avoid getting lint on your keyboards and anything else you have. These winding devices need a little training time. Experiment with different tensions for different threads. Some winds are better off being strong, some better off being loose. I noticed two main factors, that affect the choice of tension: elasticity and lubricity. And elastic and smooth yarns are best wound with low tension. For example, 100% cotton yarn is best wound with high tension. It slips and stretches minimally, and you get an incredibly tight, strong cake if you use good tension. I recommend that you take your time when using the winder for the first time - do not wind too quickly. Tangles can occur - it's hard to describe, but you can wind your yarn around the cogs if you're not careful - and if you wind very fast, tangles can get out of control. I don't think it's a problem with the curler itself - I doubt you could make a curler without tangling. All you have to do is practice and move slowly until you get a good idea of the wrapping process. I bought this curler after buying a smaller (cheaper) one. The smaller winder had a hard time with some yarns, especially smooth/silky yarns like Caron Simply Soft. The yarn just slipped off the cake when I unwound it, turning into a tangle no matter how tight it was. It's just that I had a LOT of Simply Soft in my stash, so the smaller curler just didn't do the job. This curler is able to do the job that the smaller curler couldn't. (It's worth noting that getting the Simply Soft to roll is still a little tricky. I have to wrap it very loosely or I risk slipping. ) I also have a lot of Caron One Pound in my stash. A pound comes in one giant strand (a pound) so it's not ideal for smaller coils either. As much as I love this winder, I still have to split my one-pound strands into two (sometimes three, depending on how tightly I wind them) cakes. This isn't a big problem for me since I know how to invisibly splice yarn and most projects I take on don't require a whole pound of yarn.