For some, the word “knitting” conjures up images of grannies wearing shawls, sitting in rockers knitting ... shawls. Bah(hhhhh) to that! For the third consecutive year, our friends and neighbors – and ...

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — A recent fall meant Rose Girone spent her 110th birthday in a Long Island rehab facility. But nothing could stop her friends and family from giving her exactly the ...

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 ...

There comes a point where a few cherished items suddenly morph into a full-blown collection. What’s a collector to do? For Kim Payne of Everett, it began with collecting knitting spools, some of which ...

On a chilly Sunday in December, about two dozen people filled a few tables at Wilka’s, a women’s sports bar in lower Manhattan. Women’s college basketball and PWHL games filled the screens, but most ...

LOCKWOOD - Knitting, now fashionable in some Hollywood circles, has always been a part the lives of two Lockwood women. Johanna Freivalds, the Lockwood Middle School Librarian, and Judy Guenther, a ...

Olympic diver Tom Daley, a name synonymous with gold medal-winning performances, is now channelling his passion into a radically different pursuit: inspiring the nation through knitting and crochet.