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Cleaning out an old Website

We have all cleaned out an old room or a house and we know what it is like to discard stuff that we used to value. But in most cases it just has to go! Well as I was moving the old website over to the...

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NKK launches updated website

NKK launches a new updated website today! Although we have had a website since the founding of the company in 2000, we have only every had 2 major versions of it in the past 15 years. Today we are...

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Spare Parts and Repairs

In this new release of our website, we have added a much more complete section on repair services and spare parts. (Note: we are adding to the list and expect to have it completed by end of July...

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Attn: Indie Dyers !

NKK has the equipment that you need for winding and measuring your yarn. Unless you purchase industrial grade equipment (expensive, large and very heavy) then we are your next best choice. We are a...

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Tension - Yarn's best friend (and worst enemy)

Did you know that Yarn tension is additive? That means that if you have a yarn path that bends in 2 places that the tension is being affected by 2 different sources of tension. Also, the solidity of...

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Summer Give-away is Launched

We launched our summer give-away contest on July 12 and invited thousands to enter the contest. Time will tell whether they do or not. The main purpose of the give-away is to invite fiber artists to...

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New Streaming Video Available

We have decided to end the distribution of DVDs for our Learn to Spin Kit. We had sold hundreds and hundreds of these great kits over the years. They all contained DVDs. But since most everyone has a...

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Holidays 2015

Believe it or not, today is December 1st 2015 already. We have a lot of ball winders available this year for the holiday buying season. So if you were thinking of buying one for yourself or a loved...

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Well-designed Equipment

I am constantly reminded in my personal life as welll as in my professional life, of the necessity to use well-designed equipment. What do I mean by that?My cell phone is an Apple iPhone 6. Although I...

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Nancy Shroyer is teaching at Yarn Fest in Colorado

Nancy will be teaching a number of great classes at the upcoming Yarn Fest in Loveland, CO from March 31 to April 3. Here is a link to the show.Nancy and Lisa Shroyer (who is Nancy's daughter) also...

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Unwind Retreat

Nancy's annual retreat will be held in Blowing Rock NC on April 29th. It is full up at this time from what I am told. Please visit the website for more info about this great retreat! Link

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More people buying our Motorized Ball Winders

We have noticed that more and more shops and individuals are buying our motorized ball winder. This unit makes winding balls of yarn a pleasure. People not familiar with our motorized unit think it...

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Electronic Yarn Meter Price Increase

September 27, 2016 - The Retail price for the EYM has increased to $400.00 from $289.99This unit will also eventually go into an end-of-life mode. As soon as our inventory is depleted for EYMs, this...

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Price Increases scheduled for Jan 1st

Nancy's Knit Knacks will increase prices on many of its products effective January 1st 2017.Please review information contained on this webpage for more details.

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Sale on Notion Cases and Gauges

Please check our sale out on the Perfect Notion Case (get 2 for $8.50) and Needle Gauges (get 2 for $7).Only available on our Home Page

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Some products have been dropped

We have eliminated our Drop Spindle and our Learn to Spin Kit effective May 2017. Although these were great products, they were relatively slow moving items. We have decided to drop items which have...

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Giveaways!

We launched our new Giveaway program a few weeks ago. We have awarded our first gift (2 Notion Cases) to a lucky participant.Our current giveaway consists of one of our ball winders with a value of...

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New Online Shop!

Please visit our new online shop. It is much improved over our earlier shop and we hope that you will agree.As a customer you will receive tracking info for your order and can log in to check the...

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Black Friday Week Promotions

Starting Sunday Nov. 19th, we will be announcing daily deals which will be for limited quantities of products. These deals will typically run for 24 hrs and then expire. We will even be putting our...

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New Gift Service Added

We just added an innovative service which allows you to order and have us ship your order to your gift recipient and the system will alert the recipient by either email or text on the date you specify...

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Huge Black Friday Sale at Nancy's Knit Knacks

Be sure to visit Nancy's Knit Knacks' new online shop starting Wednesday morning November 22nd for great Black Friday Sale prices!Shop Here

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Wow - orders have gone thru the roof so far this week!

We started our Black Friday Sale on Wednesday and we have been inundated with orders ever since! Although we have received orders on many items so far, by far and away the most poular item has been the...

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Magnetic Knitter's Necklace Kit Announced!

We have just announced our latest new product! It is a new design created by Nancy and manufactured by Knitter's Pride. It is designed to hold a knitter's cable needle against an attractive wooden...

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Swifts and Skein-winders unavailable April 2018

We have a shortage of parts for our Swift and Skein-winder products. This was caused by the untimely going-out-of-business of our key metal machine shop due to serious illness. We have relocated all of...

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Parts Shortages

We have a couple of parts shortages that have popped up that are affecting Table Top Swifts and Skein-winders and all motorized products (including motorized ball winders). Parts are scheduled to be...

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