If you're a spinner, you use it as a skein winder. You tie one end of your spun yarn on to one of the uprights and twirl the mechanism around until you have a big, circular hank of yarn you can then twist into a skein.
If you're a knitter, you use it as a swift. You take a twisted skein of purchased yarn and fit it on to the mechanism so that it doesn't tangle, and from it you can wind your yarn into a center-pull ball to knit from.
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If you're a spinner, you use it as a skein winder. You tie one end of your spun yarn on to one of the uprights and twirl the mechanism around until you have a big, circular hank of yarn you can then twist into a skein.
If you're a knitter, you use it as a swift. You take a twisted skein of purchased yarn and fit it on to the mechanism so that it doesn't tangle, and from it you can wind your yarn into a center-pull ball to knit from.
It's like magic!
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