Knitted fabrics like a scarf or socks are highly elastic, capable of stretching as much as twice their length, but individual strands of yarn hardly stretch at all. It’s the way those strands form an ...

My friend Laura asked me to make her new little one a tiny football hat. I was definitely up to the challenge. I was surprised how few knitted patterns there were floating around Pinterest. Most of ...

Hebridean fishermen would proudly wear these garments knitted by family as workwear to keep them warm but also uniquely identify them as each one was woven with distinctive patterns and symbols. Did ...