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 ...

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As colder, darker nights roll in, I, for one, have been feeling a little lost; with my usual routine gone, and my summertime sports on the shelf for now (oops), the winter blues have been knocking at ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When Jonathan Berner needed something to keep his hands busy during addiction recovery meetings 15 years ago, he took up knitting. "I fell in love with the engineering, the history and certainly the ...

If you find 3D printers to be just a little too coldly futuristic, this contraption might be more to your liking. Scientists from Cornell University have created a machine that knits solid 3D objects ...

Hank Green’s latest SciShow video, "Physicists Don’t Understand Why Knitting Works," sparked frustration among knitters online. The episode explored how physicists study knit fabrics, but many viewers ...

Hank Green has been a knotty boy. One of the latest episodes of his YouTube show, SciShow, is all about knitting and how science is elevating the lowly craft to a place of actual importance. You know ...

The rhythmic click of needles. The softness of yarn running over fingertips. The satisfying logic of knit, purl, repeat. Knitting—and other so-called “grandma hobbies”—is making a comeback, especially ...

Knitting in a brewery is not your typical grandmother's knitting circle, but it's happening in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh every month. Eleventh Hour Brewery is filled inside and out ...