Meet our newest gadget: the Akerworks Yarn Caddy, a go-anywhere tool for holding your working yarn!
This yarn-holding spindle comes from Akerworks in Knoxville, TN, the good people who brought us the clever and popular Swatch Gauge. The Yarn Caddy is lightweight and portable, featuring a suction cup base and a gadget on the top regulating the yarn’s tension.
It comes disassembled, a little mesh bag with the Flat Pack Yarn Caddy pieces and a SimpleKate on the side. While it’s easy to assemble, it doesn’t come with instructions, so I took a few pictures while I was putting it together; click on the photos below for a full view.
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- 1: All the parts and pieces, left to right: SimpleKate, Yarn Caddy shaft, Yarn Caddy whorl, TensiTamer.
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- 2: Stack the Yarn Caddy shaft on the SimpleKate.
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- 3: Slide the Yarn Caddy whorl onto the shaft.
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- 4: Place yarn on the Yarn Caddy.
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- 5: Place the TensiTamer on the Yarn Caddy shaft; ready to use.
Look for our display Akerworks Yarn Caddy in the center of the front room at the shop, and ask us if you’d like one of your own – we store them in the back room.
See you at the shop!