I’m sure the sculptor of the art piece, “Forever Marilyn,” which stood imperiously in Palm Springs in 2013, was delighted to see the leg warmers the Knitting Guild of the Desert had made, and slipped ...

In the holiday season, we try to focus on the tradition of giving. Instead of reaching into their pockets, one local guild is using knitting needles and wool to give to those in need. A splinter group ...

Have you ever admired someone’s hand-made sweater, vest, socks, hat or scarf and wondered how you could acquire the skill to make one of your own? Well, the Hunterdon County Knitting and Crocheting ...

Thanks to local groups like the Black Sheep Knitting Guild, many needy individuals throughout Metro Detroit will feel the warmth of helping hands this winter season. Founded in October of 2007, BSKG ...

Four needles seem to move magically in her hands as Jean Holton works on a snow white bootie crowned in blue and red stripes. It’s a gift for a tiny infant she’ll never know. She seems happy and ...

Knitters from the Jersey Shore Knitting Guild sit near a display of some of the hats that will be distributed to local schools and charities at the Ventnor branch of the Atlantic County Library System ...

Colorful knitted scarves and hats decorated the branches of trees near Valley of the Moon Park in Anchorage last week, with handwritten tags asking for a new home. "I am not lost," the tags read. "If ...

Linda Kruel is hoping for a resurgence of her craft. “Crocheting has made such a big comeback; we can only hope the same for knitting,” said Kruel, president of the Golden Dome Knitting Guild based in ...

Portland Knitters Guild is going strong with their first charity knitalong: Knit One, Save One. In an email, Martha Gioia, the PDX Guild president, said they so far have collected 103 hats. (Wow!) She ...

LAKE LILLIAN -- Ruby Douma's fingers fly back and forth, stitch after stitch, row after row, as the red yarn lengthens on her knitting needles. It's Thursday night, and the women in the Homespun ...

Just ask prolific knitter Tanya Thomann if she sells any of her work, and chances are she won’t hesitate to give you a clever response: “Typically not. I tell people, ‘Knitting is a little like sex; ...

Don't offend women who carry big needles. A few columns back I insinuated that knitting was something old people did. When I wrote about the "Myth Busters: Defying the Myths of Aging" calendar created ...