If you’ve been knitting for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed there are a few classic types of stories that regular media does about knitting. One of them has to do with (gasp) men who knit. This was huge … Read More ...
Celebrate Worldwide Knitting in Public Day
If you ask me, it’s knitting in public day pretty much every day, but there’s an official knitting in public day, and it is this weekend.
Events have been scheduled around the world to celebrate Worldwide Knitting in Public Day… Read More ...
Are You Planning to Knit in Public?
I knit or crochet or craft in public a fair bit, so Worldwide Knitting in Public Day is not really a special holiday for me, but it is fun to get out with other knitters and make.
The annual event, … Read More ...
Knitting in Public: Better than Using Your Phone
Not too long ago I wrote a piece asking if knitting in public could ever be considered rude. A lot of people, especially on Facebook, thought it was a stupid question (probably not clicking the link to see that … Read More ...
Do You Think Knitting in Public is Rude?
One thing that’s great about knitting is that it is usually pretty portable. We can knit when someone else is driving a car (or flying on an airplane), in waiting rooms and all sorts of places that might otherwise be … Read More ...
Celebrate the 10th Annual Worldwide Knit in Public Day
In the past, Worldwide Knit in Public Day has spread out over a week, because it was often at the same time as the big TNNA show in the states. But that’s already happened this year, so everyone is celebrating … Read More ...
Yes, Men Knit, and It’s Not Even Shocking
This may be the first time ever I’ve seen a story about men knitting in a major publication that didn’t have the tone of “What? Men can knit?”
This piece from the Wall Street Journal is about a men’s knitting … Read More ...
Celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day (Week)
Though it’s officially called World Wide Knit in Public Day, the event actually spans a week, this year from June 9 through June 22. According to the event’s website, it is the largest knitter-run event in the world (which … Read More ...
Knitting Club Banned from Library for Being Too Loud
This sort of sounds like a story that would come from The Onion, but it’s true, far as I can tell: the Knit and Natter group in Cramlington, Northumberland, has been banned from meeting in the city’s new library because … Read More ...
Share Your Crafting Stories and Be Featured on Lion Brand’s Blog
Lion Brand Yarn debuted a new feature on its blog today: Crafter Stories. They’re user-produced tales about the good things we’ve seen and done thanks to yarn crafting in public.
The first story is about relying on the kindness of … Read More ...
Woman Knitting at Wimbledon Causes a Stir
All eyes were on center court for the dramatic conclusion of the Wimbledon tennis match in which Andy Murray defeated Marcos Baghdatis in a contest that ran into the night, but the commentators were briefly more interested in a mystery … Read More ...