I needed something I could do in the car on a road trip to Minnesota in June and made yo-yo's. I am one that can't read in the car (can't even read a map if hubby needs me too), but making yo-yo's has been okay so far. I use the Clover yo-yo makers so stitches don't have to be precise and I only have to glance at the yo-yo maker, not continually looking at it. Maybe that's the difference.