I have used this yarn swift a couple of times now and love it. It is very easy to attach to the side of my kitchen table, easily adjusts to the length of your skein, and easily rotates as I unwind my skein of yarn. I love it. Wondered why I never bought one before now. Whenever I had a skein to wind up, I'd use a chair and wrap the skein around the back of it, then I'd have to be careful not to get a tangle in it. But now, I'm knitting the zigging the zag shawl and need to wind up the skeins that came with the kit, so decided to finally buy a yarn swift.