Word of the Day 18 August 2026

nostepinne

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

Why this one

A Norwegian loan word for a simple stick used to wind yarn into a centre-pull ball. The tool is older than the machinery that replaced it.

In use

Skip the swift for that skein, just run it off the nostepinne and you'll have a ball that pulls from the middle.

Written by our editors to show how the term is used, not a recorded quotation.

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