Knitting a blanket isn’t difficult. It’s pretty mindless. Monotonous. Endless. I much prefer knitting hats where there’s a definite start and end and it can be completed in an afternoon. That being ...

The type of yarn you choose can also have an effect on your hands. "Ergonomically speaking, untreated (non-superwash) wools offer less work for the knitter's hands than their superwashed counterparts ...

The first three and a half months of my 2024 temperature blanket completed. (Jack Roskopp) When I learned how to crochet last year, never in a million years did I think I was going to be working on a ...

Social media users may notice an annual trend popping up on their feeds around late December and early January as people display colorfully knitted blankets, boasting about the 365 days of effort put ...

I've known how to knit since I was in my early teens, but it hasn't been a consistent hobby. I'll pick it up for a few months, then forget about it again for a year or so before picking it up again. I ...

Our pal Michele LB, who blogs at PDXKnitterati, sent us an email about a nifty local community knitting project that benefits P:ear, Cascade AIDS Project and Raphael House. Here's the deal: Portland's ...