Lazy Kates

A lazy kate is a device which holds your bobbins of yarn while plying to help prevent you from ending up with a tangled mess. Lazy kates are also useful for storing empty bobbins.

Some lazy kates come with a tensioning device such as a brake band. Tensioned lazy kates are a bit easier to use than untensioned ones, because they help prevent your bobbins from spinning backwards when you’re trying to ply.

Any current eBay auctions for lazy kates will be displayed below. Click a picture or description for more information or to place your bid.

ahford-lazy-kate Ahford Lazy Kate
US $5.99 (1 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Mar-13-2010 10:17:38 PST
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ahford-lazy-kate Ahford Lazy Kate
US $4.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Mar-13-2010 10:19:29 PST
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lazy-kate Lazy Kate
US $10.00
End Date: Thursday Mar-25-2010 9:11:15 PDT
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louet-new-spinning-wheel-julia-*lazy-kate+3-bobbins* Louet NEW SPINNING WHEEL "Julia"*LAZY KATE+3 BOBBINS*
US $750.00
End Date: Monday Mar-29-2010 6:55:04 PDT
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lazy-kate-roving-spinning-fiber-new LAZY KATE roving spinning fiber NEW
US $17.50
End Date: Monday Mar-29-2010 11:01:15 PDT
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When buying a lazy kate, you’ll want to make sure that it holds enough bobbins for the yarn you like to make. For example, if you often make three-ply yarn, you’ll want to make sure the lazy kate holds at least three bobbins.