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There are many different types of yarn, including multiple-plied yarn, sock yarn, brushed yarn, boucle yarn, chenille yarn, felting wool and superwash wool.

A yarn ball band tells the yarn fiber, suggested care, length, gauge, suggested needle size, yarn weight, color and dye lot. Yarn comes in balls, hanks, or skeins.

Ravelry is an online knitting community for knitters and crocheters where they can share everything they have learned and organize their own crafting life.

Here are some websites where knitters and crocheters can buy yarn that is hard to find or at a deeply discounted price.

Why this writer embraces, doesn't deny, why your knitting and crochet yarn stash can bring you joy, happiness and pleasure. Even if your stash will outlive you.

The Knit Picks company sells quality knitting yarn at an affordable price, and makes it easy to buy yarn online by supporting an online knitting community.

There are many beautiful yet expensive hand crafted yarns available. Some of these effects are easy to achieve cheaply at home with just a little thought and ingenuity

By knowing your own knitting or crocheting style, you can get even greater pleasure from your craft.

A few tips, tricks and ideas on how to keep your stash organized, easy to get to, and in step with your home decor.

Make an afghan or throw from yarn you have left over from other projects and it's like getting it for free. It's amazingly beautiful and easy to knit or crochet, too.

Knitters who enjoy working with hand dyed and hand spun yarns will appreciate these gift ideas for items that will help them work with these special and unique yarns

All knitters and crocheters acquire yarn. Before reaching SABLE stage (Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy), it's a good idea to work through some of the rogue skeins.

Forty years ago the village of Teotitlán was just dirt streets and basic houses with earth floors, outdoor kitchens and outhouses and very little electricity.

According to the Craft Yarn Council of America, 53 million or 36% of American women know how to knit. This constitutes a 51% increase during the past decade.

Knitting basics are important for aspiring knitting beginners. Learn to knit with success by following these easy eleven tips.

The popcorn stitch can be added to many crochet patterns to add texture, interest and decoration.

The towns and villages of Oaxaca's central valleys where synthetically dyed cotton is woven into fine textiles are easily accessible: tablecloths, embroidery & more.