Stanwood Yarn Winder

As previously mentioned, my birthday was this past weekend. I had an amazing day with the best people and mountains of presents from friends and family near and far.

One of my requests this year was just yarn. Yarn and more yarn. And everyone delivered! Including Ross who I still wonder why fans this flame.



Count up all the yarn! *hearts for eyes emoji*



One of the most clever presents I got was the famous Stanwood Yarn Winder. Okay okay okay, so maybe it isn't really famous outside of my nerdy fiber art world. But it lives up to the hype.

Yarn typically comes wound up in a few different forms: a skein, a hank, a ball, or the beloved cake.

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After a few projects you realize that skeins are kinda annoying. You can hope that you find the center pull thread so that things go smoothly and easily, but that doesn't always happen. Then you are stuck with unwinding and pulling for slack every several stitches. It sounds petty but just trust me on this one.

The solution comes in the form of a yarn winder! Manual or electric, big or small, expensive or inexpensive, the variety is out there. Of course I did my research and found exactly what I wanted with the Stanwood winder. Then I put in a request with my birthday fairies (mom and dad) and they made it happen.



I am so so so in love with this machine. It wraps your yarn into THE PERFECT "cake." Cakes are center pull so you are guaranteed ease and no tangles as you work on projects. Seriously.

The best part is that it is so fun and relaxing to wind up each cake. As soon as I came home from birthday adventures, I ran to assemble my new toy. I set it up in no time and got to work winding with some help from the family. Everyone took it for a spin and we all agreed that it was pretty fun.



And by-the-way thanks Stanwood yarn winder for single-handedly destroying my sleep until every single skein and ball and hank in my possession are wound into beautiful little cakes. Kidding... kinda.

Best birthday "cake" ever! Thanks everyone for the presents and well-wishes. It was a fantastic day.