For me, it all started with a lace scarf. But whether you’re looking to craft a scarf, a cabled cardigan, or a pair of cashmere socks, every knitter has their Patient Zero—the knit that precipitates a ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Knitting is perhaps one of the most underratedly difficult ...

After teaching herself to knit, she invented and cataloged stitch patterns, publishing seven foundational books that sold hundreds of thousands of copies. An excerpt from the 2011 video interview ...

We're always on the lookout for new baby knitting patterns to add to our repertoire – they make such a lovely gift for a new arrival! And we've got a great free pattern for a knitted romper that ...

Knitted fabrics like a scarf or socks are highly elastic, capable of stretching as much as twice their length, but individual strands of yarn hardly stretch at all. It’s the way those strands form an ...

Physicist Elisabetta Matsumoto is an avid knitter and has been since taking up the hobby as a child. During graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009, Matsumoto came across an ...

Whether it was the big, chunky sweaters that dominated Fashion Week, or Chris Evans in that Knives Out sweater, earlier this year I declared (to no one in particular) that my 2020 resolution would be ...