A nice man at Home Depot cut the pipe into pieces for me and I had the whole thing put together in about two shakes of a lamb's tail. It cost under $2.00. I have read of people drying their yarn on these as, of course, they are water proof. This one breaks down too but is a little large for travel. I still use this one too, usually if I have just a few short yards to wind off.
Ultimately (and due to a separated shoulder) I decided that I really needed a yarn winder. A freestanding winder seemed the best solution and the only commercial one that I really liked is made by Ashford: http://www.ashford.co.nz/newsite/spinning-accessories/32/spinning/kiwi-skein-holder/moredetail.html . This one costs about $100.00.
Well, we love old stuff and I'd seen yarn winders around so I started searching for an antique that worked. I finally found one. It had seen some hard times.....one leg is a little short and the wood was so very dry. I'd date it around the mid to late 18th century.
The weasel almost works. When the winder was fully functional, there was a notched mechanism that moved one notch with each full rotation of the winder. When all the notches had passed, the weasel popped marking a set number of full rotations and thus, the total yardage that had wound on. What a labor saver this thing is! I just move my spinning chair in front of it, put the lazy kate beside it and wind. I don't find it hard to count and it winds off super quick. I found mine on Craigslist for under $100.00. The really refined looking ones are a few hundred. They do take up some real estate but I think they are cool looking and mine goes with the other old stuff in our old house.
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