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[quote=pixcoco;38297]That is how it works with one exception. I didn't have the kid hold the end of the yarn. For older kids (about6?) I let them spin the thing. I held the end because that was the harder part and the spinning is the more fun part. But because of the time of day I was doing my gig I only had very young ones. So I did both poarts myself. It is easy to do yourself. It is also faster that having the child help. So that is all up to your crowd.

I'm still working the kinks out but I love it anyways.[quote]

How big is your spinner, Pixcoco? If you can do all this in your own two hands, the spinner and dowel can't be bery long... Wait, never mind, a lot of it is in your technique, too, I'd bet- You're holding the dowel really close to the spinner, so the length of the yarn is between both hands and that's about all. Any quick technique tips?- Especially- You've got a few critical moves that happen all at once:

Bring the far end and spinner end of the twisted yarn together
Remove the loop from the T on the spinner
Tie off all the ends together
Twist the two sides together neatly
Tie it into a bracelet on the child's wrist

I guess to simplify, I'd skip step 4- and rather than hold the whole thing tight and twist it neatly together before I tie- I'd just let it kink up as it will, and focus on the tie-off of all the ends and removing the loop from the spinner- then smooth it out into one long bracelet after I'm done tying it off...

I can imagine shaping a groove into the far end of the dowel, then wedge the midpoint of the yarn into the groove during tie-off, to hold the whole thing taut- but then the dowel length suddenly becomes critical, and it makes the whole thing more complicated to use...

Really, I think I've got it down, but if you have any extra technique tips to share, I for one am fascinated and it sounds like several clowns have been following this post for ideas for this cool gadget.