Just as the economy was put on life support late last year, Lion Brand Yarn, an American company with a 130-year history, decided the time was finally right to open its first retail outlet, a flagship ...

Taylor Payne was living a mile away from Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2014, the day that police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown. In the following weeks and months, ...

CROMWELL -- Rebecca Bayreuther Donahue, vice president and longtime volunteer at the Cromwell Historical Society, has successfully combined her love of history with her love of knitting. She recently ...

Today is the most important American day of all. It's election day. The political candidates have drawn our attention to their virtues, their foibles, and for some, their appearances on Saturday Night ...

Spinning, knitting, crocheting and weaving with dog fur is a long international tradition, says Wendy Ellis, owner of Lancaster Yarn Shop in Kitchen Kettle Village, Intercourse. In cold climates ...

Recommendations from New Yorker writers and artists for this time of social distancing. Knitting isn’t just a way to pass the time that’s not spent reading news about the apocalypse—it’s an activity ...