4-H volunteer Lindsay McHugh, right, assists Aileen Gravot, 12, and her mom Christine make a macrame bracelet during a 4-H Yarn Club meeting, in Pitman, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Linda McHugh’s Pitman ...

Family history permeates Mary Ann Moore's spinning wheel, but the wheel is no antique. A craftsman built it for her in 2005 as the final step in a story that reaches back nearly 40 years. Moore ...

Sarah Severns, left, and Diana Burns, both of Sequim and members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild, operate a pair of spinning wheels at a demonstration table at the Pacific Northwest Fiber ...

A knitting-group discussion among friends about what the perfect yarn shop would look like turned into a business plan that resulted in a new store on the near-northside. The Hook and Needle Nook ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- At 94, Wallace Van Eaton can still spin a good yarn. In all senses. Yes, he can tell a great anecdote. Better than that, he can actually spin wool into yarn. Best of all, he makes the ...

Yarn spinning dynamics and fibre arrangement form the cornerstone of modern textile engineering, underpinning both the quality of yarn and its performance in downstream manufacturing. An understanding ...

Rue Toland has been spinning yarn for over 20 years. It wasn’t until she moved to New Hampshire that she had a flock of her own sheep to shear and make homemade yarn. Sign up for the Concord Monitor's ...

A focused tutorial on worsted yarn spinning techniques, demonstrating both the short forward draw and short backward draw. The video contrasts the methods, discusses fiber control, and shows how each ...

SANTA CRUZ >> In theory, the Yarnover Truck is a three-person operation. There’s Maridee Nelson and Barbra Pushies — and then there’s Debbie. As in, Little Debbie, the snack cake brand that the truck ...