A professional who tends quiller that winds strands of yarn from ball warps onto bobbins or quills after bleaching, mercerizing, or dyeing. Responsibilities include:

• Divides new warp into sections to facilitate handling, using twisting hook or ring to hold yarn parallel.
• Twists each new strand to preceding strand in machine with fingers to draw yarn through reed and guides without rethreading.
• Starts machine and depresses pedal board to control winding speed.
• Feels warp for tangles and observes yarn for breaks.
• Stops machine to straighten warp, remove lease strings, or thread broken ends through reed and guides.
• Doffs bobbins or quills from spindles and replaces with empties.
• Brushes dust and lint from machine and oils spindle bearings.