Most people have seen colorful skeins of yarn lining the shelves in craft and retail stores, their brilliant colors eye-catching, their textures soft, warm and inviting. Maybe some people reading this ...

It began when Debbie McDermott allowed her daughter Jamie to raise two sheep for a 4-H project. Eventually, McDermott's 165-year-old farm was transformed into a successful, family-run, custom ...

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 ...

It began when Debbie McDermott allowed her daughter Jamie to raise two sheep for a 4-H project. Eventually, her 165-year-old farm in East Jordan, Michigan, was transformed into a successful, ...

After supporting a friend whose daughter received a cancer diagnosis last fall, Holly Willardson found herself feeling helpless and wishing she could do more. She found an answer in the form of a yarn ...

You probably won’t want your holiday sweater knitted with it, but yarn grown from human skin cells could nonetheless be a crucially important invention for future tissue grafts and organ repairs. The ...

Her shop at 318 N. Main St. in downtown Bloomington has the gamut of yarn styles and materials, plus knitting and crocheting accessories. Also displayed are sample items of her stringed creations, but ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Phoebe Hammonds creates yarn for woven decor kits, crochet, knitting, macramé, and more. She blends colorful fibers, like merino and nylon, into a batt of fiber and ...