The triangular shawl I was knitting with Yuzawaya's original yarn, "Wonder Cotton," is finally finished.The knitting pattern ...

From ‘extreme’ knitters and Insta-knit groups to knitting circles that are hotbeds of activism, Cassidy George explores how a traditional craft became fashion-forward and radical. Of all of the ...

"Before we start, I'd quite like to avoid the whole 'isn't knitting is a granny's pursuit?', thing," says knitter and pattern designer Stephen West. At a youthful 30 years old, West co-owns a yarn ...

One snowy January day, I asked a classroom of college students to tell me the first word that came to mind when they thought about mathematics. The top two words were “calculation” and “equation.” ...

Cheap and easy to pick up, knitting can help to fight addictive behaviours, from nail-biting and doomscrolling all the way up to helping people struggling with street drugs. The only side-effect? Too ...

The practice of purposely looping thread to create intricate knit garments and blankets has existed for millennia. Though its precise origins have been lost to history, artifacts like a pair of wool ...

Crafts such as knitting and crochet provide an ideal mix of challenge and repetition that can help with mood and attention span. A neuroscientist says some crafts can be an important part of a broad ...

It is a party of chit-chat harmonized by the clicking and clanking of knitting needles at The Knitting Tree in Inglewood, which often looks more like an event space than a yarn store.

An official in Wales was called out for knitting in a virtual meeting, setting off a debate over etiquette. Experts say the fine-motor movement activates the parts of the brain used for focus. By ...