Skeins or Hanks of Yarn must be wound into balls before you use them. This wooden Yarn wider offers let you wind your Hanks into a center pull ball that sits nice and flat while you knit .A handcrafted wooden ball winder that can wind up to 450g of fingering weight yarn . Built in anti-friction mechanisms ensure free rotation and a smoothly wound ball of yarn Maintain Elasticity: It wraps the yarn in a way that is tight enough to keep the ball together, but loose enough to let the fibers maintain their true form. Organized Storage: It wraps the yarn into a cylinder. The flat tops and bottoms allow the yarn cakes to be stacked on top of each other. Ultimately, they can stay more organized than hanks or skeins of yarn because they won’t roll around. Time saving hack for serious knitters and crocheters: preventing yarn from tangling, creating a center pull cake of yarn, faster than hand winding and also gives the opportunity to inspect the yarn for any weak points before getting started the work..