A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where silicone ...

Red yarn is flying off shelves in Eugene and Springfield, fueling a 'Red Hat Resistance' movement inspired by a WWII protest.

Knitting is a slow, quiet craft that can offer surprising benefits for runners and other endurance athletes. The repetitive ...

St. Bernadette Soubirous and St. Clare of Assisi embroidered altar cloths and priest vestments in France and Italy, respectively. There are also saints who sewed to care for the poor. St. Teresa of ...

Knitted red hats have become a form of silent protest for those using handmade crafts as a form of political engagement in opposition to federal immigration policies.

Tobias Putrih similarly works with ephemeral and provisional materials including soap-bubble membranes, polystyrene and cardboard. While modest in composition, his installations engage with the ideals ...

Aside from being a way to make a unique souvenir or pass the time, hobbies like knitting and crocheting have been shown to help people with mindfulness, focus and relaxation — all key tools for ...

Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids In the nine years that Gilah Mashaal has owned Needle & ...

After teaching herself to knit, she invented and cataloged stitch patterns, publishing seven foundational books that sold hundreds of thousands of copies. An excerpt from the 2011 video interview ...

All metaphors about knitting and writing have already been made: storytellers and knitters both spin yarns, tie up loose ends and hunt for new material. The vocabulary of each is tangled up in the ...