Jan Parson of Adrian has been in love ever since she was a junior in college. The romance began after she told her mother she wanted to rekindle her relationship with the art of knitting — something ...

In a previous post, I briefly looked at "quilting addiction." While I was researching that post, I also came across a number of academic papers on the sociology of knitting and various references in ...

Stephanie Hedge is a PhD Candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at Ball State University who specializes in Digital Literacies and is a permanent author at GradHacker. You can follow her on twitter at ...

I thought by this stage in life, I'd be more "together." I thought by now I would carry myself with grace and kindness. I thought by now, I would be calm and knowing and able to weather the storms we ...

Do you think that knitting is one of those obscure, old-fashioned activities that only old women do in their church basements or Senior Centers? Think again. With many new yarns that are ...

If your life is at all defined by a craft, chances are someone introduced you to it. Portland knitting designer Larissa Brown remembers her Nanny Olive and inspires others to recall their inspiration.

Earlier this year, two unsuspecting tech bros attempted to start an online business in knitting supply sales, assuming it would be easy to “disrupt” a market full of hobbyists and grandmas. They could ...

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