Yarn package holder

A yarn package holder for mounting a yarn package having a hollow tubular core about which yarn is wound on a bracket in a creel or the like, said package holder comprising an elongated body member having a front end and a rear end, a mounting member intermediate the front and rear ends of said body member for attaching said package holder to said bracket with said front end available for being received within the tubular core of a yarn package and with said rear end remote therefrom, said body member and said mounting member having a combined cross section receivable within said core, a package securing arm having first and second ends, journal means for pivotally connecting said arm adjacent said first end to said body member intermediate said mounting member and said rear end, said arm having at least one barb thereon in a portion of said arm intermediate said first and second ends extending from said arm in a direction for engaging and gripping the interior of a tubular core of a yarn package within which said front end has been received as said package is pushed over said body member toward said rear end, and stop means for limiting the movement of said package over said body member toward said rear end while permitting said second end of said arm to extend out the tubular core of said package available for grasping by a creel attendant.