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Yarn winders

Manual vs Electric

I have both manual and electric winders and was using both this morning so I wanted to do a little review on what I think of them and which I prefer.

I think there are pros and cons with both manual and electric winders.

I’ve found that some manual winders work better than others. The one that I feature in this post is the grey one in the photos. I am very impressed with this manual winder. It’s very smooth and winds fast. Will wind a whole 100gram ball with no problem. Very rarely tangles.

I only have one electric winder and I like it very much. It winds a nice cake of yarn while you do something else! lol.. however, I have found that if you have it winding too fast, the yarn will catch and tangle and you can spend a lot of time unraveling. It winds nice and even and takes a 100gram ball easily.

Winding tension is much better with the manual machine, you get a much firmer ball with the manual.

The electric one winds looser and can unravel when knitting. You can see in the photos the manual wound vs the electric wound.

I think that it’s down to how you like your yarn wound. I’ve found that tighter wound cakes work much better on the machines and knit a much more even tension.

Also… I can manually wind 100gram quicker than the electric one does it! 😁

Hope this has helped a bit!!

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