A cradle comprising: a cradle main body, and a winding tube holding section rotatably mounted on the cradle main body and adapted to hold a winding tube around which a yarn is wound, whereby the winding tube holding section includes: a base member rotatably mounted on the cradle main body, a contact member detachably mounted to the base member by at least a portion of the contact member being elastically deformed, and adapted to hold the winding tube by making contact with the winding tube, and a rotation preventing section (68a, 82) adapted to prevent relative rotation of the contact member with respect to the base member, wherein the rotation preventing section (68a, 82) includes: a protrusion formed on the base member and a receiving section formed on the contact member and adapted to receive the protrusion, and the protrusion is a portion of a mounting tool adapted to mount the base member to the cradle main body, characterized in that an area of a side of the contact member, the side being adapted to make contact with the base member, is smaller than an area of a side of the base member, the side being adapted to make contact with the contact member. a cradle main body, and a winding tube holding section rotatably mounted on the cradle main body and adapted to hold a winding tube around which a yarn is wound, whereby the winding tube holding section includes: a base member rotatably mounted on the cradle main body, a contact member detachably mounted to the base member by at least a portion of the contact member being elastically deformed, and adapted to hold the winding tube by making contact with the winding tube, and a rotation preventing section (68a, 82) adapted to prevent relative rotation of the contact member with respect to the base member, wherein the rotation preventing section (68a, 82) includes: a protrusion formed on the base member and a receiving section formed on the contact member and adapted to receive the protrusion, and the protrusion is a portion of a mounting tool adapted to mount the base member to the cradle main body, characterized in that an area of a side of the contact member, the side being adapted to make contact with the base member, is smaller than an area of a side of the base member, the side being adapted to make contact with the contact member. a base member rotatably mounted on the cradle main body, a contact member detachably mounted to the base member by at least a portion of the contact member being elastically deformed, and adapted to hold the winding tube by making contact with the winding tube, and a rotation preventing section (68a, 82) adapted to prevent relative rotation of the contact member with respect to the base member, wherein the rotation preventing section (68a, 82) includes: a protrusion formed on the base member and a receiving section formed on the contact member and adapted to receive the protrusion, and the protrusion is a portion of a mounting tool adapted to mount the base member to the cradle main body, characterized in that an area of a side of the contact member, the side being adapted to make contact with the base member, is smaller than an area of a side of the base member, the side being adapted to make contact with the contact member. a rotation preventing section (68a, 82) adapted to prevent relative rotation of the contact member with respect to the base member, wherein the rotation preventing section (68a, 82) includes: a protrusion formed on the base member and a receiving section formed on the contact member and adapted to receive the protrusion, and the protrusion is a portion of a mounting tool adapted to mount the base member to the cradle main body, characterized in that an area of a side of the contact member, the side being adapted to make contact with the base member, is smaller than an area of a side of the base member, the side being adapted to make contact with the contact member. a protrusion formed on the base member and a receiving section formed on the contact member and adapted to receive the protrusion, and the protrusion is a portion of a mounting tool adapted to mount the base member to the cradle main body, characterized in that an area of a side of the contact member, the side being adapted to make contact with the base member, is smaller than an area of a side of the base member, the side being adapted to make contact with the contact member.