Yarn winder in action

Well here it is all unpacked !! Can't believe how excited I am about this little gadget !!  

Just a word of warning for anyone buying one, as I did think I had a dud one at first. It relates to the little metal "hook" which holds the yarn in place.  The instructions say to pull it out and it will lock into place, however, mine kept dropping over to the side.  I decided to do a search on YouTube and someone on there had had a similar problem, and explained that you had to give it quite a hard tug.  I was a little scared of breaking my new treasured possession, but then decided what the heck, and gave it a good yank !!  I am pleased to say it then clicked and stayed in place.  I was obviously being far too gentle !!  It now works perfectly, and I am really pleased with it.

As you can see it makes a really cute "yarn cake".  This was not a full size ball of wool, so this yarn cake is fairly small, but just wanted to try it out.  It was a 50 g ball.

And here is my finished yarn cake !! There will be no stopping me now lol !!