Stanwood Jumbo Yarn Winder Review | Why I Chose Stanwood, Testing Types of Yarn, & One BIG Problem
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- Опубліковано 28 жов 2024
- I finally got a yarn winder and decided to go with the Stanwood Jumbo Yarn winder. In this video, I go over why I chose this yarn winder, test different types of yarn in different packaging, and share one big problem (and the solution) I encountered.
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Before using your yarn ball winder, stick an empty paper towel tube on the winder and then wind your yarn. By doing this it will make it easier to remove your cake from the yarn winder. Then you can use a a paper towel holder as a yarn cake dispenser. Or if you if have you have a spare/empty toilet paper tube and a separate toilet paper dispenser you could place your cake of yarn on it and use that as a yarn cake dispenser as well. It can be helpful, but not necessary.
These would be OUTER pulls?
After MANY disappointing yarn winders, I purchased the Stanwood Jumbo Yarn winder. LOVE IT!!! Love it so much I bought their swift. FABULOUS!!!!! Be still my heart 🙂
This is exactly the review video I was looking for… thank you so much! I just ordered the jumbo Stanwood and can’t wait to get started with it!
So glad this review was helpful! I have been sooo happy with mine, and I hope you love yours just as much!
This is the most informative video I’ve seen, and I’ve watched soooo many, about yarn winders. Coming from you as a new owner and still remembering the tiny points that veterans of yarn winders may have forgotten about the first impressions. Im looking forward to getting a jumbo winder thanks to the info you’ve provided. Thank you!
So glad this was helpful!
I have a Stanwood winder I love it! I use the little girl hair barrettes that you bend in the middle to snap closed. Not sure of the name of these barrettes are open centered and cheap!thin slim and keep the loose end of your yarn tidy and neat.most dollar stores carry them TFS!!!!
Oooh, great idea!
this was the best review of a yarn winder , I was able to get all my questions answered in one place. I watched several other videos and none were as simply explained and helpful as yours. thank you so much for posting this. I am going to be following you and looking at your other content now as well! --subscribed & liked!
This makes me so happy to hear!!! 😊 I had so many questions about yarn winders before buying mine and had a hard time getting answers. So my goal with this video was to answer all the questions I had. Glad to have you here and thanks for subbing!
I've had a ball winder for 6 years and have used it a lot. It's one of the inexpensive ones. I think I paid 39 dollars for it and it's not very big but it does the job beautifully. I learned a lot from you regarding rewinding the cakes after they collapse. Thanks. Great video and info
So glad yours is working out well for you! In the short time I've had mine, it's been so helpful. Hoping to get several years of use out of mine too!
What an exceptional review! Thank you very much. I'm sold!!!
So glad it was helpful! I have zero regrets with my purchase, and LOVE using my Stanwood!
Thank you so much!!! I had been having issues with the winder getting loose. Found out I didn’t have the washer in the right place.
Have had this winder now for almost 7 years. It's been a work horse. Never a glitch other than user caused ever. A bit of sewing machine oil now and again is the only maintenance mine has needed to date. I agree with the toilet paper and/or paper towel tube suggestions below.
I'll be getting my 1st winder soon, so I really needed this!! I wasn't sure which size to get, but know now. Thanks for all this info! 😘
So glad you found this helpful! I really debated about going with the bigger size, but I'm sooo glad I did
@@CraftersAutonomous I realize now I need to also. Thanks again!
This was ssoooo helpful. My smaller 4 oz wonder is due to be delivered today and I think I’m going to return it for one of these…thank you ❤
Glad it was helpful! If you get a Stanwood, I hope you love it as much as I do mine!
Thank you for sharing your experience with your yarn winder. Your cakes look beautiful!
Thank you!
Thanks for the wonderful informational review. I’ve been looking 👀 for a yarn winder and there is just too many choices out there. You’ve made that problem go away for me! So, thank you again ❣️🫶🏼🧶🧶
I'm so glad this video helped you! I hope you enjoy yours as much as I've enjoyed mine! Actually used it earlier today to tidy up some of my yarn leftover from a few projects.
Thank you for the review. I just bought one! 😊
I hope you love your yarn winder as much as I've loved mine! It's been such a great product to use.
One difficulty of using center of a big cake is that they collapse and tangle as you get near the last quarter. But you could break the yarn and rewind it.
Great video - love your energy.! I have a heavy duty, large capacity yarn winder. An unknown brand bought on the secondary market VERY reasonably. It is so “wonky” no matter what I do, it just doesn’t work right. Perhaps why it was so “reasonable” ? I have a small winder my husband gifted me 10 or so years ago which has been terrific but holds only 4 ounces and my needs have changed.
After seeing the simplicity of the Stanwood & the nice cakes you made with it, I am ordering this yarn cake winder today.
Thank you for posting this good and honest evaluation.! 🥰
Thank you so much for your kind words! I really debated about going with a "top of the line" yarn winder. But I have been beyond happy with this product. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I've enjoyed mine!
I cake my crochet thread to make hooked on sunshine patterns. its great but i advise recakeing once the center gets opened about 4 inches to prevent knot meyham when the cake collapses
I broke the clamp on my Stanwood winder, trying to clamp it around the "lip" on the underside of the edge of the card table in my kitchen. Stanwood was really good about sending me a replacement clamp, but I have yet to attach the new clamp. I have since added a desk with a thin tabletop to my craft room, and would like to use my winder there. (In my kitchen, I would have to clamp it to the cutting board built-in to my kitchen cupboards.)
I have an electric yarn winder. It does a pound of yarn. Love it. When I wind yarn I put the bowl or pan on the floor and the ball doesn’t fly around.
So it’s not a hand winder one? Where did you get it if so? Was it super expensive?
Thanks for the tip!
Thank you for the lovely review! I got an electric cheap one on clearance but this is is on my wish list….just couldn’t pass up the price on mine.😉
Hey, nothing wrong with getting a good deal! I just figured I'd go big from the get go and be done with it haha
Very helpful review. Thanks
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Excellent Helpful Video. Thanks You!!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
I had a hard time getting my knit pick winder to attach to my table so I have a Stanwood arriving soon.
Hope you enjoy your Stanwood as much as I've enjoyed mine!
My knitpicks died. It wore out on the bottom and broke right off. Time for a upgrade. I wore it out. 😮😊
I double loop before starting onto the top just so I get a good starting tail.
Ooh, I'm definitely trying this
I have this same brand and I like using it to find any knots in the skeins. I hate working on a project and then having to stop to cut out a knot. I do a Russian Join when I find a knot in my yarn. When I do this, I KNOW there won't be any knots. I also hold my yarn between two fingers as it feeds to keep tension on it but also to feel the knots. If you get cranking really fast and don't have your fingers on the yarn a knot might slip past. About 5 yrs. ago, my son asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I showed him this and he said, "No problem." This was the best Christmas gift I ever got. I absolutely love it.
Yes, I've noticed that about the tangles and making sure the skein isn't broken! Used to I never encountered broken sections in yarn skeins, but the last two years it's been happening to me more and more across all yarn brands. Sounds like your son knows your love language- crochet!
Tying yarn together is better and continuous if you tie the new yarn to the old yarn with a knot then take the old yarn end and tie a knot just below the new yarn knot and pull tight against each other then cut the tails, usable continuous yarn that won't come apart. 💖💖😄😄💖💖
I love joining my scrap yarn like that to make a magic yarn ball! If I'm using the same color yarn, I sometimes find those joins to be more noticeable. But this method is certainly a solid option for joining yarn! Thanks for watching.
Hey there, I was trying to find the video where you say you asked a lot of question about getting a yarn winder. Was that on a blog or in a youtube video? I'm looking for a smaller more moderately priced winder. I'm a quilter who only dabbles with yarn so I don't need to spend the big bucks.
Makes sense! These are the videos where people left comments.
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There should be some good info if you scroll through there.
very helpful 💗
Excellent review unfortunately I’m in the uk and this actual winder has risen significantly in price so out of my price range plus I only wind 100g at a time so no need for a 10 oz one. Please can you make a review on a nice quiet wooden winder?
I don't currently have plans to get a smaller yarn winder since the jumbo one works well for smaller quantities too, but if I ever end up getting a smaller one I'll be sure to review it!
Sad you felt the need to kill the spider 😞 it's got as much right to life as you
Hi, I have a question. Doesn't the wool get damaged when it is rolled up compared to the skein ? Because the strand is tighter.
Great question! You will find lots of opinions on this. Some people say it's bad to wind yarn too tight, and they speak from personal experience and from knowledge on how yarn is created. However, I've never had issues with yarn that I've wound tightly. I used to roll all my yarn into balls, and that was actually much tighter than the yarn winder. This would also likely depend on what type of yarn you are using. With natural fiber yarn, I would think this could be a bigger problem. But I mostly work with durable acrylic-type yarns that seem to hold up pretty well. So I think technically there's a risk of damaging the yarn, but if I've damaged my yarn from winding it I've never noticed and it's never caused any problems for me. :)
@@CraftersAutonomous OK. I will try to rewind my yarn and I will see if it's problematic. Thank you for answer. Happy knitting :) and hello from France
I would love to get a yarn winder, but I don't need it because I don't have that much yarn. I don't want to get a lot of yarn because of space issues, so it's not much of a need.
Makes sense! I thought about getting a yarn winder years ago, but I held off for a long time because I didn't have enough yarn on hand to justify getting one.
If you put the yarn you want to wind on a lower level than the yarn-winder then the eye of the winder and then use your finger to guide the yarn you'll find a little even wine nicer or easier and be more efficient try it next time
Thanks for the suggestion!
I got a cheap yarn Winder at Hobby Lobby I have not tried it yet thank you
I'd love to know how it works out for you! I actually looked at this one first since I had gift cards for HL, but the reviews for it on the app weren't very promising. So I got a little scared to try it haha
The above sta.wood wi deris supposed to wind a full pou d or 28 onces.why does o o e show this. I have several one pound skiens of yarn and want a winder
But I want to be sure it will handle a full pound. Please show this. Thank you.
The yarn winder I show in the video and link to in the description can handle 10oz of yarn. A pound of yarn is 16oz, so this yarn winder cannot handle that much yarn at once. It does easily handle a 6oz skein of Joann Big Twist Value yarn as shown in the video.
How much yarn it can fit also depends on how tightly you wind the yarn. When I wind 6oz of Big Twist yarn, it gets about to the max that the winder can handle. I don't wind as tightly as the winder can handle because I have weakness caused by some health issues. But when my sister winds 6oz of Big Twist yarn, there's plenty of room to fit more yarn since she can wind it more tightly.
hold the yarn, why did you put it in the bowl?
I found that the yarn was escaping (rolling away) when it wasn't in the bowl. It just let me work faster vs needing to carefully unrolling the ball as I worked. 😀
Real Wool , even as low as 30% , make a yarn a dream to work with. Acrylic performs very poorly in comparison. Stitch definition is much better.
It is something i have been considering, but we still don't have a proper table for it to attach to
Understandable! This was something I had a hard time with too. The counter worked out really well for me, but it's not always the most convenient spot to cake yarn. So I'm trying to come up with another place to attach the winder but haven't come up with anything good yet.
@@CraftersAutonomous I did see someone attempt to clamp to a folding card table a few years back, and it worked for about hakf a cake before the winder and yarn went flying 🤯😬
Oh no! That's simultaneously hilarious and terrifying 😬😬😂
Why was your auto reaction to kill the spider. Bit rough.
Fear makes people do irrational things
Put yourbowl on the floor!!
Not a bad idea!
You just killed a spider for no reason.
i think i rather made balls then pay 90 dollars
I was definitely in that camp myself for a long time! Definitely not a cheap purchase. But with the stage I'm at with my crochet, I've been extremely satisfied with this purchase. It's helped me organize my yarn so much better and makes for an easier experience for me personally. But of course a purchase like this is a very individual decision. Gotta weigh the pros and cons and decide if it makes sense for you. And if it doesn't, that's perfectly fine! Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!
I really want one now. 🐞🧶💕
I've had so much fun with mine! If you get a yarn winder, I'd love to know what you think about it.