Knitted fabrics like a scarf or socks are highly elastic, capable of stretching as much as twice their length, but individual strands of yarn hardly stretch at all. It’s the way those strands form an ...

Garter stitch is easily the simplest of stitch patterns to create when you’re knitting, even if you’re new to it. It's a great stitch to use for beginners because it's easy to learn and doesn't ...

If you've finished your first knitting project, you'll need to learn how to cast off. Of all the knitting and crafting techniques, it's a really easy one. It will only take you five minutes to master ...

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 ...