nostepinne

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noun textiles A tool used to wind yarn into a ball for use in knitting, crocheting, or weaving.

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A wool porn book with pictures of glossy sheep showing off their fleece and just begging to be spun, a nostepinne and three totally gorgeous Surina crochet hooks at a bargain price of around £2.60 each.

SkipNorth Stash! Spinningfishwife 2006
A wool porn book with pictures of glossy sheep showing off their fleece and just begging to be spun, a nostepinne and three totally gorgeous Surina crochet hooks at a bargain price of around £2.60 each.

Archive 2006-03-01 Spinningfishwife 2006
For you non-spinners, this is a nostepinne (or nostepinde), used to wind center-pull balls of yarn by hand.

What Housework? 2009
These are only just over six inches, which seems short for a nostepinne.

What Housework? 2009
Here are two wound balls, the one on the right done on the nostepinne, in the old way, the one of the left on the ball winder.

Celtic Memory Yarns 2008
OK, even allowing for the fact that the nostepinne version has been used for swatching and early attempts several times over, the ball winder does definitely give a sharper, crisper effect, doesn't it.

Celtic Memory Yarns 2008
I have a ball winder but I try to wind all my yarn by hand with a nostepinne.

DancesWithWool 2008
And if they don't, it's easy to sneak in while they're sleeping and bop them on the head with your nostepinne.

The Panopticon 2008