Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre stage on ...

Iceland's hand-knit "lopi" sweaters are adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals. But now some local manufacturers have successfully outsourced the labor to China. That has local knitters, who ...

This is a fun way to try out different techniques in your knitting. The puppet starts with a 1-inch bottom body worked in a single all-over pattern. The legs are worked as for mitten thumbs. The head ...

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Shopping for the best wool jumpers? I've put in the hard work, so you don't have to. With something for every budget and ...

Wool long has been a critical element of military apparel. Wool is relatively plentiful. It keeps a body warm. If it catches fire, it burns slowly. April Gammache and her daughter, Gwendolynn Phillips ...

Australian farmers produce some the world's finest Merino wool, but almost all of it leaves the country soon after it's been shorn off the sheep's back. There's a been huge contraction in wool ...

Briggs & Little's knitting yarn is a bit scratchy and has a faint whiff of its barnyard origins. But in today's $2.8-billion North American knitting market, both the yarn and the small Canadian ...

With the rise and rise of knitwear as high fashion, and the increasing popularity of arts and crafts, you're nobody these days unless you know how to knit. Knitting even has a few royal supporters.

You may associate knitting with grandmas and the Woman's Institute, but it appears wool and two knitting needles can also be transformed into tools for gender protest. Casey Jenkins, 34, is at the ...