Have you ever wondered why, when told to decrease a stitch at each end of every other row several times, a different type of decrease is used at each end? The reason for this is that most decreases ...

I like Faina Goberstein and Simona Merchant-Dest, the authors of "The art of slip-stitch knitting." I have their other book, "The art of seamless knitting," and it's very good. But when Interweave ...

Blogger Schneider’s slim but attractive book encourages knitters to branch out from basic knit and purl stitches with simple yet elegant projects that require the know-how of only one additional ...

The ladies of the Purl in the Pines knitting circle are philosophers among mothers. With yarn trailing their needles, they talk about yoga with Sue Rexford, a yoga practitioner who combines the zen of ...

A close-knit group of friends that meet weekly in Brandon keep each other in stitches as they handcraft sweaters, ponchos and mitts — anything that requires needles and yarn. As we navigate through ...

After teaching herself to knit, she invented and cataloged stitch patterns, publishing seven foundational books that sold ...