5 Best Yarn Ball Winders
Any serious knitter knows how important is it to transform your skeins of yarn into easy-to-pull balls of yarn. This can save hours of effort and much frustration to do this ahead of any project you are starting.
If you’re looking for a quality, yet beautiful, ball winding tools, here is a list for you.
Electric Ball Winder
If you do A LOT of knitting and hate the idea of manually winding your yard, an electric ball winder is for you.
Pros: Faster, especially with larger amount of yarn
Cons: $$$$
Exquisite Hand-Turned Wooden Yarn Winder With Yarn Swift
What’s a Yarn Swift? A yarn swift is a device that will hold your hank of yarn so that you can wind it into a ball. This frees up your hands during the process.
Pros: Hands-free winding – you place your hank of yarn in the swift and can hand-wind the rest of the yarn. Still much faster process than doing it all by your hands.
Cons: Not as expensive as the above product but still more expensive than doing it by hand.
Removable Cone Yarn Winder
If you’re looking for a bit more simplicity, this tool is for you. While it’s not as beautiful as the hand-crafted wooden winders above, it’s durable and light-weight.
Pros: Lighter than the above winders, will be easier on your hands to use
Cons: Not terribly pretty and winds into a cone rather than a ball
