Thank you!!! I was at my breaking point with the yarn doughnuts. May all your yarn be untangled and none of your stitches dropped.

You are a lifesaver. Thank you so much for figuring this out, bravely opening up your winder and fixing it, and especially for sharing with all of us!

Having one of those "thank god for KZfaq" days! Thanks for being a great person and making this video 😆

Omg this worked!! I thought I was doing something wrong! You’re a life saver!

Thank you so much for your video! This saved my day as I did not know what the problem was - it was so frustrating starting several times and always ending up with this „donut“. Now I know how to fix it and the Knitpicks yarnwinder works does its job again.

i’m on a low consumerism journey and i found this and WOW i hope your pillow is always cool and your dreams sweet this was SO HELPFUL. you are a beautiful angel 👼 🎉 so thankful to have saved my ball winder from the land fill

I know this was posted a year ago, but I am so thankful that you made this video. I was able to fix my yarn winder instead of throwing it away and buying another one thank you thank you thank you.

Well done! The mood in our home elevated significantly after this repair!

Can't thank you enough for this. My girlfriend was having this problem and I was easily able to fix it thanks to your video. Now she can get back to all her crochet projects!

THANK YOU!!! If I could write that a million times, I would. You just saved me $$$ on a new ball winder.

OH MY GOSH THANK YOU. I couldn't understand why this happened, but your fix was perfect. So so happy I thought I was going to have to buy a new winder because I kept getting tangled donuts that just made things worse!

OMG! Thank you thank you thank you! I was literally hunting for a replacement online and then it hit me to do a search under yarn winder repair. There you were. I have the same winder and this was the fix! SO VERY GRATEFUL ❤❤❤❤❤

What a relief, knowing how to fix my ball winder! Thank you for sharing this. You saved me many tears of frustration.

I am so grateful for your help!! Now I can get back to my project and finish on time. Plus I don’t have to buy a new one.

i have a yarn winder i just recently bought and it's a different brand than the one you took apart but i had the same problem with the tangled yarn donuts until i found this video! i didn't have to take off any screws to access the gears of the yarn winder i have but i had the same issue of the gears not being properly put together 😭 thank you so much for posting this you're a life saver

Your video was a lifesaver. Now I don't have to buy a new yarn winder machine.

Oh my god thank you for this I’m a broke high schooler and I loved my yarn winder and I was so sad when it broke but now its all fixed

Hello, I am a first time ball wind user 🎉 My sister gifted me one Sealed! thrilled to receive it Opened it got it all set up excited…..my ball of yarn came out as a donut. 🤔 Receipt was thrown away ☹️ Now I can fix it 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Thank you so much

I don't even have my KnitPicks winder yet (it's on order), but I'm so glad I stumbled on your vid! I'm bookmarking it in case my new winder gives me any troubles; this could save me the hassle of a return/replacement. Thanks so much for sharing!

Thank you so much for this fix it yourself video! I ordered one and it's not an expensive one. Now I'll know what to do if this happens to mine.

This video was a LIFESAVER totally recommend

This is SO helpful, thank you! I dropped mine on its head and it started making donuts. Back to cakes!♥

I recently bought one and my first cake was perfect. Then next ones were doughnutty and thought was doing it something wrong. Thank you so much

My hands are sweaty and I can't unscrew the screw 😂 I will try in a bit. So glad I saw this video my child loves spinning mine too ❤

You’re an absolute doll for making this video. I searched for answers not expecting to find anything, but your video has saved my winder! And I had suspected my kiddo was the culprit 😂

Thank you so much for this video, I just got a new winder and it wasnt spinning right and your video was the first one that popped up! Much appreciated! 💚

Thank you so much! I had no idea what I was doing wrong. This is such a simple fix that I would have never thought of myself.

Great work showing how to fix the winder this happened to me on the weekend

You are my hero! I've been going crazy trying to figure out why mine stopped working. Thank you so much!

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I feel like an absolute BEAST for being able to fix my little winder. I also have the Knit Picks one, and this was the EXACT problem I was having. Thank you!!

Thanks for the help! I took my Ballwinder apart as shown, the little stationary gear was all gummed up with yarn trimmings and lint. I cleaned it up and it works great now!

Thank you so much for posting this video to help me and my wife with our yarn winder. You are a life saver!

Great video! Was able to fix it for my wife 🎉 she got it new making donuts so she’s ecstatic about it working now

That was exactly what was wrong, thanks for the help! 🌟

Thank you so much for your video! Repair is so much better than replacing and you helped me continue to use my winder for more years to come!

SO helpful this was driving me nuts, thank you!!

Thank you so much, my son, (not a child) likes to wind it around to annoy me when he's bored. Really appreciate this video

Thank you for saving me from buying a new one!! I was so disappointed when I tried to wind all of my new yarn, but it's working again!

Thank you for saving my sanity while I’m winding some very nice yarn I got and was getting soooo frustrated by the donut tangles I was getting

SO HELPFUL! I was worried I’d have to get a new one, nope! Easy fix! Thank you! 🎉

I feel the same, mine had a bunch of the yarn fuzz stuck with the grease. Thank you so much for making this video it was so helpful! I thought I was gonna have to buy a whole new one.

Thank you! Was going to trash it but you gave such easy steps to open and reset the gears! Working great now! Thanks again!

thank you so much!! I am halfway through a huuuuge yarn haul, and can't imagine what i'd do if I had to hand roll the rest of this mess!

Omg i thought i ruined my winder when it fell. This video is perfect!!! I couldt. Get the bottom screw off, but i amanged to still get it fixed. Thank you 💕

THANK YOU!! I came from knit pick's product page since someone was kind enough to mention your video in the review!

Lifesaver!! Thought I was going crazy or that my new skein of yarn was cursed haha

Thank you! This just started happening to me. I’ll fix my winder tomorrow!

Thank you!! My winder fell a couple days ago and when I used it just now, it was donuting. I know the knitpicks winder isn't expensive, it's still my baby. I would have been sad to replace it. Mine's almost 7 years old.

Thank you! My ball winder is brand new and the first cake I tried to wind turned out like this. I’m so glad it’s fixable.

Thank you so much for this! It’s the first thing that came up when I googled for help and it was exactly my issue! Thanks again

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was about to throw away my winder out of frustration. You saved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg thank you, I dropped it and ever since it was doing the donut like you said. I was so confused

You are a life saver. I was already in hot water for breaking my sisters other winder lol.

Thanks for the post. I fixed mine. PS. Phillips head has the cross. Flat head is the straight screwdriver.

THANK YOU so so so so so so much! Trying to wind yarn this morning and my winder was doing exactly this. Quick and easy fix with your video.

Thank you for this. I just got a yarn winder, and i was tryin to figure out why it wasn't working. So i opened it up like in your video, but everything was in place like it was supposed to. I was confused. Everything was where it was supposed to be, so i spun it a little and i noticed the tiny gear moved at a certain spot in the spinning. So i gotta figure out how to fix that. So if your winder isn't working even though it's all fixed up, check the tiny gear!!

Thank you! I just got a yarn winder, the other day, and I thought I was doing something wrong. I will try this and see if it fixes the doughnut making mess.

Greetings from Texas! I thought I had to buy another yarn winder. But thank goodness you posted this video which is now archived in my playlist! I wonder why they don't mention this in the instructions? Hmmm. Lol❤

Thx. Have this winder and love it. Did you know all the screw heads are in your driver, just pop out flat head and put in Philips!

Merci, c'était bien mon problème et vos explications étaient parfaites et ainsi je peux poursuivre mon travail grâce à vous. Encore une fois merci.

You're a genious!!! I was so frustrated, and this is exactly what was wrong

Thanks I needed this video....mine was doing that wonky winding! Your a money saver!!!

you literally saved me like $30. I thought I was going to need to buy a new one 🙌

Thank you!! saved me some dollars!! well I spent too much on a beautiful wood spinner and swift on Etsy... but because e I can't trouble shoot that one I'm back to my KP, thanks again!!

thank you SO MUCH!!!!! this is amazing!!!! can’t believe I found a video explaining the exact problem I have with the exact same winder!

You saved another life today. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO MUCH

BRILLIANT!!! thank you so so so so much for this video. :) fixed mine

For me it isn’t working and I’m so sad. I just got it and it was making “donuts”. I also got one off of Amazon and even that isn’t working

Omg thank you so so much you’re the best! 🎉

This was so helpful! Thank you!!

Thank you so much! I was so confused why it just wasn’t working anymore 😭😭😭😭

Thank you so much as soon as you said a problem with the gears I immediately saw it h That you

Thank you so much! You saved me from buying a new one

Life saver! Thank you!

This was exactly what I needed today!

Great video! Thanks so much 😊

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!!! You are a lifesaver!

First, thank you for posting this. But I do wonder why the KnitPicks winders have this problem. I had a different winder for many years and never had a single problem with it. I got rid of it before a move because I'd learned how to wind by hand and didn't need it anymore. Now though I am dealing with larger quantities of yarn and it's talking a long time, so I decided it would be good to get another winder. I deliberately went with a KnitPicks because of the brand; there were a lot to choose from but I thought this brand would be good quality. I hadn't even used it that much before it started making "donuts" like the one you have. I thought about taking it apart but couldn't get the bottom screw out; now I see why. (And why did they make the screw backwards? That's just weird.) Then it occurred to me to look for a video and what do I find? More than one video talking about problems with KnitPicks yarn winders and how to fix them. So, this is common enough for people to post videos about it. That does not give me confidence in KnitPicks quality. Your instructions were clear so I'm hoping I can fix my winder but if it starts making donuts again - well, I'll just say I won't keep fixing it. KnitPicks really needs to deal with this.

thank you so much, this was so helpful❤

you're a lifesaver!!!!

my gods this helped so much life saver on this one!

Thank you!!! So quick and helpful!! Now I can back to winding lol

Thank you so much for putting this video out 😊💝

Omg this video is so helpful! Unfortunately my screws will not come out😭

That worked! Thank you!

Thank you for this! Maybe I should have my 18 year old (who has been playing with my winder) fix it. 😂

ola minha querida, estava aqui quase jogando fora minha maquina de enrolar fios, só conseguia enrolar de um lado, gracas ao seu video conseguir arrumar a minha, esta funcionando perfeitamente, gratidão.

WOW! You are the best! You saved me.

Thanks!

Thank you! That worked!!

Oh my god!!! I can't thank you enough!!!!!! ❤

Thank you so much. ❤😊❤😊

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤

Thank you!

THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHHHHH. Mental breakdown no more.

THANK YOU!

Worked great! Thanks so much!

Thank you ❤

Thank you!!! I thought I was doing something wrong!