<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">yarn reels</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>yarn winders</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>yarn reel</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>yarn-reel</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Devices designed to support a skein of yarn while it is being unwound during use and/or wound into a ball for future use. These devices traditionally comprised a circular board nailed to a piece of oak to be handled manually, but are now electric and equipped with automated pre-selection counters for setting the desired yarn length.  ]]></note></mads>