Only a few of the patterns that Tyyne Lothberg works into her knitted mittens have names. Lothberg might spend a winter evening working a "night and day" pattern out of wool yarn, or she might sit at ...

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When it’s too cold to go outside, being able to knit yourself a scarf or hat makes the weather (and staying indoors) just a bit bearable. But if stepping into a craft store with hundreds of different ...

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The word knitting comes from the Old English cnyttan, meaning “to knot”. What we now call knitting – making a textile by looping yarn using two needles – isn’t much older than 1,000 years and it ...