Q: What’s the value of my standing yarn winder which I think is around 200 years old? A: In olden days, after yarn was spun on spinning wheels, it needed to be wound for easy use. As a result, ...

This handmade yarn winder is made of maple. It is as simple as possible - a rod that turns to wind the yarn. It sold at Tom Harris Auctions in Marshalltown, Iowa, for 4. Spinning and weaving is a ...

I bet you pictured a monkey and a weasel chasing each other as you read this well-known ditty, but you’ll be surprised to learn this rhyme is not about animals at all. It was recited by children as ...

Spinning and weaving is a popular hobby right now. Some people are even trying to use old methods and old tools to design their modern creations. Natural dyes can be made from onion skins (orange), ...

In the 1700s, when the nursery rhyme Pop Goes the Weasel was composed, everyone knew the “weasel” of the title referred to a yarn winder. In the past, when women would spin and weave at home, they ...

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 ...

For knitters and crochet enthusiasts, winding yarn balls has been an arduous, time-consuming and physically taxing process. It has usually involved, with a few exceptions, cranking a machine by hand ...