In conference rooms across the country, stressed-out workers are discovering the relaxing power of knitting. The Wall Street Journal recently sat in on a team-building exercise at Google. In it, ...

Creative Publishing International specializes in producing how-to books filled with photographs. Among their more than 300 titles are a variety of knitting books, but I only learned of the company ...

It’s 2023, and I think it’s safe to say that we’re all a little bit anxious these days. It’s absolutely nothing to be ashamed to admit, either. There’s so much to worry about in the world, so it only ...

One Maryland prison is seeing a waiting list for inmates to get into a weekly knitting class. Participants of 'Knitting Behind Bars' learn how to make hats, dolls and other small items. The program's ...

Once thought to be your grandmother's favorite pasttime, knitting is fast becoming a popular activity among people of all ages, including children. Some as young as 7 are learning to knit at the hands ...

Knitting, in case you hadn't heard, is cool. Forget the association with elderly grannies, today celebrities from Cara Delevingne to Nicholas Hoult are all casting on. Now Michelle Obama has joined ...

This summer, I started crocheting after learning as a kid and then forgetting about the craft. I love the flexibility of crochet. You can make things that are so cool, you don't even notice they're ...

As I reflect on almost 50 years of teaching in K-12 public schools and in higher education at a small, elite liberal arts college, I am struck by how knitting has grown into a metaphor and ...

Dori Mefford of Plymouth Township heard from people who’d grown up knitting, “Oh, I forgot how to cast on.” She’s now giving lessons 1-2 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Friendship Station ...

Nelson Mendonca wouldn't be where he is today had he not learned to knit. Mendonca lives in British Columbia, and for two decades he struggled through a cycle of drug addiction and incarceration.