How to Knit (Storey Publishing, 2014) by Leslie Ann Bestor is the perfect introduction to beginning knitting, whether you are completely new to needle crafts or looking to cross over to a new craft.

A lot of people are saying that knitting is making a comeback — as far as we are concerned, it never left. As winter moves into full swing, and the nights get colder, what better way is there to warm ...

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 ...

If you've finished your knitting project, you'll need to learn how to cast off. Of all the knitting and crafting techniques, it's a really easy one. It will only take you five minutes to master ...

Has a smooth finish; simply knit and purl alternate rows. Creates shape by pulling the piece together. To create a ribbed effect you just knit and purl alternately along the same row. The fewer ...

When I started knitting, it was not because I really wanted to, but because I had to. I was aged eight. I was going to a new primary school. It was the Shetland Islands. And there, as I was soon to ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Michelle said: "We fill every spare second with knitting and can often be found ...

Nicole Dickson's novel "Casting Off" is the story of Rebecca Moray, an archeologist and single mother, who travels to a tiny . She's there for a summer research project, studying the island's lovely .