Arm knitting involves using your arms to make the stitches with yarn. While it's similar to traditional knitting in the movements that you make, there are differences, too. "The main difference is ...

There are three principal methods of manipulating fibers or yarns into textile fabrics: 1) Interweaving – two sets of straight threads intersecting at right angles. 2) Intertwining – threads ...

The unruly stitch of a dragon first attracted Sabetta Matsumoto to the mathematics of knitting. Unlike the regimented stitches of a sweater that march two-by-two across a textile, the whiskers of this ...

Knitting may be an ancient manufacturing method, but one researcher believes that understanding how different stitch types determine shape and mechanical strength will be invaluable for designing ...

[This is a guest post by Amanda Watson, who works as a Research and Instruction Librarian at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. In her spare time, she tries not to let her yarn habit get ...

Whether you’ve knitted in the past or are picking it up as a new hobby, it’s important to have the right tools. To make sure you have everything you need to start your first project, purchase a ...

As I reflect on almost 50 years of teaching in K-12 public schools and in higher education at a small, elite liberal arts college, I am struck by how knitting has grown into a metaphor and ...