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 ...

If you love knitting, you're bound to have lots of half balls of yarn in your craft stash. We've got the perfect solution: make them into yarn cakes. What are yarn cakes? They're tightly wound balls ...

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 ...

The Leffingwell House Museum recently received the gift of a spinners weasel or a clock reel. A Spinner's weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with ...