What do you call a group of 20- and 30-somethings who gather en masse to create colorful items, swap tips and mingle? "Loosely knit," quipped 26-year-old knitter Lisa Beckham. "You're so knotty!" ...

Maura MacDonald, a sophomore, was in her third week of knitting and had already decided that "everyone gets a scarf for Christmas." She's working on her second scarf and also has made a headband and ...

When it comes to helping the troops, Thelma Passaro is not about to let her paralyzed right hand slow her down. The Hampden Township woman can crochet a helmet liner single handedly with the best of ...

On a recent Saturday night, five Harvard students worked on their fiber arts projects and discussed everything from psychology research topics to a crochet pattern for a stuffed alpaca. Meanwhile, a ...

Tami Pemberton was on a secret mission when she started a knitting circle at Fairview Elementary School: She wanted to get to know her students better. As a counselor at the school off I-84 and 223rd ...

Every Wednesday afternoon, several people laden with yarn, needles and patterns traipse into Cedar Hills Crossing. Starting at 1 p.m., members of the mall's knitting circle are guaranteed two hours of ...

CHICAGO — In a back corner of the bustling South Loop Indoor Farmers Market, a group of knitters have been deeply focused on their craft and conversation, creating community and connections to the ...

Ann Hood is a prolific and popular writer -- or was -- before the sudden death of her daughter at the age of 5. Then words eluded her entirely, month after month after month. Hood could not write. She ...