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No, I don't do needlework. But I am married to the world's best knitter! And she's so much more than a knitter; for a while now, my wife has been turning Alpaca fleece into roving, spinning that roving into yarn, than using her knitty-knotty to turn the yarn into a hank. But when it was time to turn a home-made (or store-bought) hank into a ball of yarn for knitting, my qualified and highly skilled (!) arms and hands were needed. Any husband that was enlisted to hold apart a hank, and moving it just right while the wife balled up the yarn, can probably relate to my experience and feelings. So for Christmas, I wanted to give her (and subsequently, my tired arms ...) the gift of a swift, so she could ball up her hanks of yarn whenever she needed to, even when neither myself nor any of the kids were around to lend a helping hand (or both arms...). She had previously pointed out two different styles of swifts to me: a complicated looking "umbrella" style, and this rather simple looking design. Going with the "KISS" (keep it simple, stupid) approach, I decided to go wit this style. And I am glad I did! As it turns out, my wife loves the Tabletop Amish Style Wooden Yarn Swift I got her for Christmas. The swift is easy and fast to put together. She is using it on the table top together with a mechanical ball winder and I can only admire how well it works and how fast it is (especially compared with me holding the hank ...). The pegs can be inserted into different holes, accommodating hanks of different length, so her home-made yarn and store-bought yarn can both be used with this swift. According to my wife (who has used an umbrella style swift before) she likes this swift better than the umbrella design because easier and faster to assemble, easier to transport, it uses up less space when stored and works very well. So what could I possibly add to her review? Only that my tired arms express their gratitude! Husbands (and needle workers), you can't go wrong with this swift.