You’d be surprised by how much you can learn about life from pushing a bunch of yarn around with two sticks. When I first started knitting, the biggest lesson was that patience is a virtue, and while ...

The other day someone in the office was talking about knitting, which got me to remembering the slippers I used to knit and thinking that I wished I had a few pairs of them now that the frost is on ...

Everyone has a story about how they learned to knit. Every January, I think about mine. The needles were green; the yarn was blue. That much I remember. It was November 1981, I was 10 years old, and ...

During the winter months, those that knit grab the yarn and get their needles clicking, knocking out gifts and warm additions to the family wardrobe. Popular knitting projects this time of year are ...

There's no better time than winter to take up knitting. This winter, visit a local knitting shop to learn how to make your own hats, socks, mittens and sweaters. Knitting classes and supply stores are ...

Marion Carling loved to knit since a landlady in Wales taught her how when she was 25. But she never thought of running her own business. She’d been content to work 30 hours a week as a traveling ...

Philadelphia – Ellen Rubin is a scientist. For years, she worked as an immunologist on impressive health-related projects — like analyzing adverse drugs reactions and conducting research on pulmonary ...

On day 21 of the government shutdown, roughly 800,000 furloughed federal employees missed their first paychecks. Fortunately, they won’t need a dime to shop at these stores. “To be a true pub means to ...

In the more than thirty years that I have been a knitter and a knitting instructor, I have taught hundreds of people in person how to knit, and thousands of people through books and videos, including ...

FARGO – Last week, Katterrius Reams planned to give his 5-year-old daughter a knit winter hat, but not just any old knit winter hat. Reams, a 36-year-old father of six, made the pink hat with ear ...