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yarn

[yahrn] / yɑrn /
NOUN
fiber for knitting
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Lookout Hill: Yarn and Art Supplies – I passed this shop a few times and couldn’t get over how charming it looked.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The Enniskillen knitters have created a panel at the entrance to the exhibition and are taking part in the next Longest Yarn project, Britain at War.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025

In 2014, women got out their knitting needles and started the Yarn Mission after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2021

With most stores offering free weekly knitting groups, the Yarn Crawl is the perfect opportunity to find a compatible community of knitters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2020

Side note: I’d wanted her to call the channel Knitty Gritty, but she broke my heart and went with Yarn Star because it sounded like “yarn store” spoken with a heavy Southern twang.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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