LONGMONT — Alice Haverstock embraces the occasional hiccup or wayward buttonholes that dot her prayer shawl. “I can either ignore them or I can get buttons to sew over them,” the 71-year-old retired ...

Two years ago, on a long flight, I pulled a large ball of yarn and some needles from my bag. I was working on a hat to give my dad for his birthday. For the rest of the flight, I couldn’t help but ...

In a previous post, I briefly looked at "quilting addiction." While I was researching that post, I also came across a number of academic papers on the sociology of knitting and various references in ...

I keep hearing about busy women taking up knitting. It's meditative and you have a sweater at the end. Think beyond the Martha Stewart stress on perfection. Remember using your hands to mold dough or ...

Once an essential home-based skill, knitting has enjoyed high popularity as well as falling out of favour – before bouncing back again – over the decades. By Annette Rawstrone Knitting in NW before we ...

We get it, learning a new hobby can be really intimidating. Lucky for you, you’ve come to the right place. We’re about to embark on a journey through some seriously easy scarf knitting patterns that ...