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Knitters’ paradise: Webs, ‘America’s Yarn Store’ and a mainstay for Valley crafters for generations, turns 50
By EMILEE KLEIN Staff Writer Barbara Elkins at Webs in Northampton, which she founded 50 years ago with Donna Singer. The company started with $3,000 in capital, which Barbara Elkins convinced her husband, Art Elkins, a Webs partner who replaced Singer …