Ball Of Yarn Kansas

We drove many miles of lonely but scenic kansas back roads to get here and we were glad we did.

Ball of yarn kansas. Reports and tips on. The ball of twine itself was the main attraction of course but the town itself although declining in economy and population still retains spirit and pride. Stoeber gave the ball of twine to cawker city kansas in 1961. If the yarn is wrapped too tightly it loses all of its give.

Hats shirts little twine ball models. Frank stoeber started the world s largest ball of twine in 1953. Mail order telephone answered monday friday 9 00 5. A souvenir shop across the street hawks memorabilia.

Ethan prater cc by 2 0 the giant ball of twine is the quintessential roadside attraction both impressive and a bit silly. Total twine length as of 2018 has surpassed eight million feet and the ball now weighs over ten tons. And polices for improper wrapping string and yarn are not allowed. In just 4 years the giant ball of twine weighed 5 000 pounds and stood 8 feet high.

Bernat baby big ball sport yarn 10 99 8 79. In cawker city kansas frank stoeber created a ball that had 1 6 million feet 490 000 m of twine and 11 foot diameter 3 4 m when he died in 1974 cawker city built an open air gazebo over stoeber s ball where every august a twine a thon is held and more twine is added to the ball. Store curbside pick up 246 more choices softee chunky yarn 4 99 3 49. We will adjust our strategy as needed and we will always put the health and safety of everyone in our community first.

Then your project can be tight and rough feeling as opposed to soft with some cushion to it. All social hours will remain virtual. Store curbside pick up 257 more choices lion brand heartland yarn 5 99 6 49. Yarn winding will be available but you will likely be asked to wait in your car or schedule a time to come back to pick up your wound yarn.

Built in 1924 the bottle also known as the nehi inn was one of the first world s largest roadside attractions. The tension or stretchiness of the yarn and your projects depends on how loose or tight you wrap your ball of yarn. Many of the businesses on cawker city s short main street have paintings containing the. Visit our retail store at 930 massachusetts st monday saturday 9 30 5 30 thursday til 8 00 sunday 1 00 4 00.

The cawker city ball of twine. Despite the attraction itself being destroyed by fire in 1933 the community of the bottle alabama still bears the name of its famous attraction. Largest ball of sisal twine built by a community.