From ‘extreme’ knitters and Insta-knit groups to knitting circles that are hotbeds of activism, Cassidy George explores how a traditional craft became fashion-forward and radical. Of all of the ...

[Becky Stern] shows how to take an old electronic knitting machine and interface it with a computer. After seeing the Brother KH-930E knitting machine in the video after the break it looks like the ...

If you find 3D printers to be just a little too coldly futuristic, this contraption might be more to your liking. Scientists from Cornell University have created a machine that knits solid 3D objects ...

"Before we start, I'd quite like to avoid the whole 'isn't knitting is a granny's pursuit?', thing," says knitter and pattern designer Stephen West. At a youthful 30 years old, West co-owns a yarn ...

When you imagine what an Olympic-level athlete might pack to take to the Winter Games, you probably imagine things like ski goggles and athletic gloves. For a growing number of athletes, the packing ...

As colder, darker nights roll in, I, for one, have been feeling a little lost; with my usual routine gone, and my summertime sports on the shelf for now (oops), the winter blues have been knocking at ...

One snowy January day, I asked a classroom of college students to tell me the first word that came to mind when they thought about mathematics. The top two words were “calculation” and “equation.” ...

Cheap and easy to pick up, knitting can help to fight addictive behaviours, from nail-biting and doomscrolling all the way up to helping people struggling with street drugs. The only side-effect? Too ...

With time on their hands and anxiety rising, people – men, women and children – are turning to knitting. Experts agree that knitting is a great stress reducer, focusing your attention on the task at ...

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