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Knit Along with Kay - 'Review' KnitPro Ball Winder (Patreon)

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2019-06-25 16:00:03
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Welcome to our ’Reviews’ collection.

In this video we will review the 'KnitPro Ball Winder'. So join Kay as:

  • Shows you the KnitPro Ball Winder
  • Demonstrates how it works
  • Shows you a cake it has produced and compares it to a cake her old ball winder produced
  • Tells you what she likes and doesn't like about the KnitPro Ball Winder
  • Gives you her final thoughts on if she would recommend it or not

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Thank you so much for watching and we'll see you soon with more!

Dan & Kay

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Knit Along with Kay "Review" - KnitPro Ball Winder

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Comments

Elizabeth Scott

I have a “generic” version of this ball winder and I have been using it for about 10 years. I use it a lot so that I can store and see the cakes. I can only think of two times that I wound the yarn too loosely, like the one did, and ended up with “yarn barf” while I was knitting. I always use my swift when I use the ball winder because you can get a perfectly tensioned ball that is very smooth and easy to knit with. The way in which you were holding and tensioning the ball was not right. I think that the angle was wrong. You were at a 90 degree angle but should have been at a 45 degree and the yarn was way to close to the winder. You have to secure/anchor the first ball at least 5 to 6 yards away from the ball winder. Because I use a swift I can wind a tight ball or a regular tension. It’s funny that I always centre my focus on the swift more than the ball winder but the yarn coming from it to the ball winder must be at a consistent tension and “tight”. If I have to stop during the process, I pick up the yarn and hold it tight in my one hand at a 45 degree angle until the yarn tightens off of the swift. I am so very fortunate to have the two items: a good swift and a good ball winder that work well together. I also have the different spaces in my home where I can set it up. All of the yarn that I have now came in a skein. When I was in Toronto, one of the yarn shops had set up both the swift and a wooden ball winder to close together and I came out, especially with sock weight yarn, what you got with the first ball that you wound. Either the swift or the ball winder made a horrible sound if it reached a certain speed. I think it needed oil because it was like nails on a chalkboard, with lots of customers in the store. Luckily, I was able to get to the other yarn shops and they wound whatever skein I wanted with no noise. I guess ball winders can be both a curse and a blessing! I have even wound up one of your hand dyed yarns with no problem and it is a nice cake. I look forward to seeing you try other ball winders because apart from the Toronto wooden ball winder experience, I had no idea what else is on the market. But I do agree with you, they can become investments due to materials and very high costs. I am so blessed to be able to do it at home because both the swift and ball winder totalled $200 at the time which was a lot of money back then. I am so very sorry that you had so many issues with this ball winder as well as losing your old one. I hope that you can find a quality winder at a reasonable cost. Thank you for doing this video too because not everyone needs to wind their yarn and I have no idea what else is out there to purchase. Best wishes!!!

Mary Trainor

Thank you for this review. I'm n the process of looking for a winder. This one goes off the list.