Bellingham knitter and artist Christen Mattix says the idea to knit a stream to the sea came to her years ago and she toyed with it for a couple of years before it began to form in reality. She would … Read More ...
TKGA Plans a Yarn Bomb for New Hampshire Show
The Knit & Crochet Show is the conference of the Knitting Guild Association, and for their show in July (23-27 in Manchester, to be exact), the group is planning a yarn bombing of the Radisson hotel where the even … Read More ...
A Look at the Many Benefits of Knitting
I’ve written a lot in the past about the benefits of knitting, and there are a lot of them, from improved mental fitness to help with healing after an accident or injury.
Knitting is relaxing, can help you sleep and … Read More ...
More Benefits from Creative Hobbies Like Knitting
A couple of new stories have come out recently about how great knitting and other creative hobbies can be for our health and our life.
A study from San Fransisco State University found that creative hobbies of any sort caused … Read More ...
Knitting Heralded as Help for Anxiety
It seems like every few months there’s an article that gets a lot of notice about how great knitting and other crafts are for people’s health.
The latest one is from CNN. “This is your brain on knitting” opens by … Read More ...
Once Most Prolific Knitter Has Died
Gwen Matthewman, an 86-year-old knitter who once held two world records, has died, according to reports from the Pontefract and Castleford Express.
Matthewman was once the fastest knitter in the world, at 111 stitches per minute (the current record … Read More ...
Another Knitting Record Holder and Men Knitting in Seattle
I came across another post about a knitting world record (hat tip to Vogue Knitting on both of these), this one about Norwegian knitter Helge Johansen, who has knit the world’s longest scarf. It’s almost 5 kilometers long (that’s … Read More ...
Marathoner’s Scarf Now a World Record
I’ve written before about David Babcock, the Kansas City marathoner who knits while he runs. Back in October he aimed to break the record for the longest scarf knit while running a marathon (who knew that was even a … Read More ...
Do Penguins Really Need Jumpers?
The story has been all over the Internet the past few days. A story out of Australia said that the Penguin Foundation was putting out a call to knitters for wee sweaters for penguins.
It said they use the sweaters … Read More ...
Ravelry Reveals Some Fun User Statistics
Ravelry recently reached the milestone of having 4 million registered users (congratulations to them!) and they released some fun information about those users and their habits to celebrate.
There’s lots to see here, but I love that Iceland has the … Read More ...
Amy Christoffers to Become Berroco Design Director
Knitwear designers Amy Christoffers is set to become the new design director at Berroco as Norah Gaughan prepares to leave the company after nearly nine years to pursue other interests.
According to a news release from the yarn company, Amy … Read More ...
Knitting and the Olympics
There’s no question that knitters love the Olympics, if for no other reason than that they allow us to sit for hours in front of the television, knitting, in the name of patriotism. But knitting and the Games are connected … Read More ...
Ottawa Yarn Bombers Release Manifesto
Did you see the pictures of the yarn bombing that happened last weekend in Ottawa? Someone (four someones, as it turns out, but we’ll get to that) made scarves to wrap around the necks of 14 statues in the … Read More ...
Meet a Robot Who Sticks to Her Knitting
Have you seen Agnes? She’s a lifelike robot made by English artist and inventor Andy Noyes, made of silicone out of molds from a real person. She’s run by DC motors and spends her time operating a knitting loom, … Read More ...
What Do You Think of the Team USA Uniforms?
I told you a while back that the official team USA uniforms were being designed by Ralph Lauren and the sweaters and other garments the team will be wearing in the opening ceremony were completely made in America, including using … Read More ...
