end a securement device not shown for connection to a wheeled tug bar apparatus the yarn guide apparatus 10 comprises a framework which is fixed in place it has vertical support columns 36 mounted to the floor and horizontal members transverse and longitudinal for example those marked as 38 and 40 and 42 the trolleys may conveniently be moved into place beneath the yarn guide apparatus by lengthwise movement from the back from each column of 34 cheeses 34 of each trolley the six yarns pass through the top of the creel and thence through respective ceramic eyelets 44 which are located in respective apertures in a respective plate 46 mounted to a horizontal frame member of yarn guide apparatus in the lower region of the yarn guide apparatus when the creel is operative each of the six yarns of a column passes through a respective eyelet in the plate 46 and is then drawn at a slant angle to the horizontal to the front guide plate 14 each trolley has a yarn retainer for each yarn moreover the overhead guide apparatus has a yarn retainer for each yarn each trolley yarn retainer is mounted across the top of the trolley to the frame thereof whilst the guide apparatus yarn retainers are mounted on the apertured plates 46 so as to be located just below and to the side of the eyelets see fig5 thus fig6 shows a simple arrangement whereby two side members 58 60 are carried by the plate 46 and mounted between them is a rod 62 on the rod are located six pairs of opposed cup washers 64 which act as the retainers a plurality of spacer members 66 and between part 58 and the first pair of cup washers 64 a helical compression spring 68.