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In conference rooms across the country, stressed-out workers are discovering the relaxing power of knitting. The Wall Street Journal recently sat in on a team-building exercise at Google. In it, ...

Thanks to YouTube tutorials, anyone can learn to knit — but because there are all kinds of stitches, yarn sizes, and needle thicknesses, it helps to have a starting point. The best knitting kits give ...

As knitters, one of the things that we don't want to do is toss leftover yarn. Of course, figuring out what to do with those dwindling skeins can be a struggle. Most knitting patterns require that you ...

For those with two left thumbs, fiber arts might seem like an impossible craft. Crocheting, knitting, sewing, embroidering, weaving and quilting all require a certain degree of hand-eye coordination.

The yarn in my fingers connected me to the past, beyond this strange and terrible year, and to the family members far away. By Perri Klass, M.D. If you Google the two words “knitting” and “pandemic” ...

This inexpensive hobby abounds with benefits. And once you get good, you’ll be a mitten machine. By Kate Atherley Already an excellent winter activity in an ordinary year, knitting is even better ...