Yarn crafting is a favorite pastime enjoyed by a substantial number of individuals. Nonetheless, winding yarn by hand can be tedious and cause irritation. In these instances, a yarn ball winder proves ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. If you’ve ever knitted, weaved, crocheted, or done needlepoint, you know not all yarns are created ...

What’s a weasel? It’s an animal, of course, but in some parts of Montana you might put weasels on your ice cream, because some Montanans call M&Ms “weasels.” And in the 1700s, when the nursery rhyme ...

Question: My mother bought this unusual wooden object when an Ocean City storage company went out of business some years ago. Sold as a "skein winder," she believed it was used by knitters but never ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Once considered an octogenarian’s pastime, crochet has been ...

Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool, yarn experts who use rare-breeds have said. Becci and Markus Pamely-Bast founded a wool and hand-dyed yarn business seven years ago on a narrowboat ...

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