We use scores of customized parts that we have designed over the past 15  years or so. Over that period of time, shortages can develop for a variety of reasons but we believe we have them identified and addressed and we should be back in business on the products that use these parts very soon.

Things should be back to normal by mid-late May 2018.

When you see the Out-of-Stock legend disappear from our store, then you can order these items again.

If you have any questions, please send us an email or call us.

Thanks

Bob Shroyer

I need to to get our production team working extra as a result of this higher than expected order rate! This is a good problem to have, however.

It shows them a peek view of the gift as well. They can then reply to you with their comments. This all happens outside of our system once the order is placed.

It is pretty slick and gives you a lot of control over the gift process without much of the work.

This service is free.

Sorry, we do not gift wrap at this time, however. If you want no outer product labeling on the shipment just leave a note in the order to that effect (your recipient does not see that note).

Thanks and give it a try during checkout!

But we have a goal this year to move a lot of product and you can be the beneficiary so be sure to join our mailing list because we will be sending out notices on important promotions.

Hope to see ya soon.

 

As a customer you will receive tracking info for your order and can log in to check the status on previously placed orders.

When ordering you will now see a picture of the item you are ordering which will reduce errors especially on spare parts like belts and o-rings.

Plus, overall, it just has a much more modern feel to the buying experience.

It can be easily used on a mobile device as well.

You can also enter ratings for the products and review the ratings of others.

Wholesale and Professional buyers can clearly see the reduced prices that they will pay as they look around the site. They must first be properly categorized by NKK, however. If you are a new wholesale or professional courtesy customer for NKK, then please visit either the Wholesale or Professional pages which will explain what is required.

We will also be making revisions to our web pages in the future. The web pages are useful for reviewing more detailed information about the items you are purchasing.

Please let us know what you both like and dislike about the new shop. We appreciate the feedback!

Thanks

Nancy's Knit Knacks

Our current giveaway consists of one of our ball winders with a value of $299!

That drawing ends 8/24 so be sure to check out the drawing and enter.

Why do we have these Giveaways? Well, they are fun and they attract people to our website. We then offer offer discounted tools to our visitors.

How long will we run the giveaway program? We don't know but be sure to participate while we are offering  it!

Only available on our Home Page

Please review information contained on this webpage for more details.

This unit will also eventually go into an end-of-life mode. As soon as our inventory is depleted for EYMs, this product will become obsolete.

We may or may not develop another metering system to replace the EYM and will make that decision during 2017.

In the meantime, if you want an EYM, please order it as soon as possible. There is no guarantee that these will be available when you later decide that you want one.

The reason we are going end-of-life on this product is that our inventory of custom electronic parts is running out and cannot be easily replaced.

Questions? Please call Bob at 800-731-5648

If you have any type of infirmity that limits your mobility or if you just don't want to wind yarn manually anymore, then consider getting our motorized winder. It is the workhorse of the yarn industry and winds more yarn than any other brand.

Nancy and Lisa Shroyer (who is Nancy's daughter) also plan on making a mom and daughter video for Interweave after Yarn Fest. Nancy is a great teacher so if you ever get a chance to take one of her classes, please do. After all, Nancy taught Lisa and look at how she has done!

My cell phone is an Apple iPhone 6. Although I had experienced a problem 8 months into its life, Apple promptly replaced it. Other than that issue, this phone in addition to other iPhones I have owned, have all been good performers. I regularly drop it and it comes right back for more punishment.

The table saw that my primary wood worker uses is a high quality, commercial grade unit costing $2-3,000 It also works well and doesn't fail. It does need a new motor now and again due to wear, but other than that, my craftsman can rely on that tool to get the job done.

My Toyota car is almost 10 years old. I bought it specifically because I knew that a Toyota would take me well into the future with very little maintenance. I am happy to report, it has done exacly that and I regularly joke that I will drive it to the nursing home some day!

Our Ball Winders and Swifts are like my woodworker's table saw and my Toyota. All of these tools are well-designed and being well designed, the designers have endeavored to design tools that would give their users a sufficiently long product life without a lot of failures or breakdowns.

Our ball winders and swifts are so well designed, I put them in the Apple and Toyota class of products. Sure, the ball winder needs to be cleaned occasionally, and the rubber o-ring needs to be replaced every 2-3 years. But that is minor and the fact that they are made of substantial component strength and quality, combined with a World Class design means that these products will outlive me. I can only hope that they will outlive their owners as well and that some day a fiber artist in the future will look back at the quality of these tools and say to themselves: "they don't make them the way they used to anymore"  (when comparing them to similar tools made during their own timeframe). In that sense, they will have perfomed longer than the Apple iPhone and Toyota car which means we will have suceeded in making a World Class product.    

Always use the best tools that you can afford.

This could be the year that some people add our Power Base to their ball winder. It is the workhorse of the ball winding business with well over 1,000 systems in service right now, Worldwide.

Plus we have many smaller, less expensive tools for everyone that knits or spins. So check our online store out or see your retailer.

"I have seen the demise of the following technologies during my lifetime:

Here is a 2 minute teaser from the actual video.

We truly believe that most customers will welcome this changeover to streaming video as it is much more convenient and a lot less problematic as compared to DVD players.

As part of this change we have also reduced the price by $5.00.  The streaming video is also less than the DVD if purchased separately (just $9.99).

When a customer buys the Kit, instead of a DVD they will receive a special YouTube address code that they will enter into their browser which will display the video. They can watch the video as often as they like. This video, however, will not be a public video and visitors to our Youtube channel will not be able to view it.

Online Purchasers of the Video will receive a pdf download from our online store which will contain the special YouTube address.

As part of the Give-away, we have offered our customers free freight on their first order placed thru 8/10/2015. We have also reduced the price of our beautiful Fair Isle hat patterns to just $1.99 for the download version.

The contest ends on 7/31/15 and the drawing will be held by 8/2/15. So if you have not entered, please do so now by completing the sign-up form on this link. Good luck!

The ball winder for example, is dealing with fast moving yarn so when you alter the tension while it is moving at that speed, all heck can break loose. So if you maintain consistent tension and speed and keep your hands off of the yarn while winding onto a ball winder, you will be best off. Simply holding the yarn in your hand can also play havoc because your hand moves around ever so slightly and when it does, it affects the tension. Learn to use and depend on the fixed yarn guides that are on the equipment (ball winder, meter, swift and you will be much better off).

Not enough tension can also be a big problem. Tension is what keeps the yarn tight enough so that it does not wrinkle up or go limp. Yarn does not like to go limp and neither should you. Once you knit with it you will be applying the final tension on the yarn and you probably already know that the tension you exert with your needles is key to producting a properly knitted project. 

So from beginning to end, tension is key. Not too much and not too little. But keep in mind that tension is like an addition problem. 2+2 = 4.  If you want 4 and not 6 or 2, then keep an eye on all of the sources of tension in your kniting process (winding and knitting).

There are few other manufacturers of commercial grade skein-winders and swifts but you can count them on one hand. None of them have the broad product offering that we do, however.

Give us a call at 800-731-5648 or send us an email

A user may also purchase spare parts and do the work themselves. We actually prefer that users do their own adjustments and minor upgrades, etc., so our enhanced section on these topics should facilitate that better.

We do have many videos on our youtube channel as well so be sure to check that.