After teaching herself to knit, she invented and cataloged stitch patterns, publishing seven foundational books that sold ...

With time on their hands and anxiety rising, people – men, women and children – are turning to knitting. Experts agree that knitting is a great stress reducer, focusing your attention on the task at ...

This is the time you're really gonna knit. I'm certain of it. Credit: Mashable Composite; Getty/Laimdota Grivane/EyeEm/Anna Navarro/ When we spend so much of our time online, we’re bound to learn ...

An official in Wales was called out for knitting in a virtual meeting, setting off a debate over etiquette. Experts say the fine-motor movement activates the parts of the brain used for focus. By ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s fall again, and knitting is back, baby. Technically, you ...

I own a quantity of knitting needles that — when you realize it is just a collection of very sharp sticks — is best described as “alarming.” I try to keep them confined to one storage bin in a corner ...

One snowy January day, I asked a classroom of college students to tell me the first word that came to mind when they thought about mathematics. The top two words were “calculation” and “equation.” ...

If watching Olympic competitions has been sparking a bit of anxiety, you might want to turn to knitting — British diver Tom Daley certainly has. Photos of Daley knitting what appears to be a ...

In the basement of the North Branch Library in Nashville, Tenn., on a recent Saturday, you could hear alternating murmurs of excitement and exasperation over the soft clicking of needles. A small ...

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While most Olympic divers sitting poolside at Paris’ Aquatic Center are anxiously twiddling their thumbs, one athlete has been twiddling a pair of knitting needles. Tom Daley, the 30-year-old Team GB ...

New Yorker Rose Girone, who celebrated her 113th birthday on Jan. 13 and was believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor, died on Monday morning. The cause, according to her daughter, Reha ...