I got a "Sidewinder" as a gift and found it to be really miserable to use. I took it back to Joann's figuring it was defective. The second one was the same. I had followed the simple directions carefully but I still found it wound very loosely and messy. Also it kept falling over. I would set it on my table and as soon as it got started it fell over backwards. Maybe this was ME, but I don't know what else I could have done except hold it up with one hand and how do we save time that way? So unless someone can tell me how I messed up, I say a loud NAY!
P.S. I took the second one back and exchanged it for fabric. Can't go wrong there! 8)