An apparatus for holding, protecting and dispensing yarn from a skein of yarn. This device includes a hollow tube with elongated jointed sides for opening and closing. The tube is secured by way of an open/close mechanism. When closed, one ends of the hollow tube comprising; of indentured halves form an exit point for a strand(s) of yarn. One end of the hollow tube halves when closed forms a whole surface area, allowing support for the skein of yarn to rest upon when in the upright position.