On this day, exactly 84 years ago, Nazis in occupied Norway outlawed red hats. Inspired by a Santa Claus-esque gnome from Norwegian folklore, women took to knitting hats as a way of opposing ...

I’m not good at fair isle knitting. Usually everything comes out three sizes too small. I pull the yarn too tightly. Or I follow a pattern that slowly incorporates a new color and I’m left with long ...

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(CBS) WENATCHEE, Wash.. - In the close-knit community of Wenatchee, Washington Aida Bound has found joy in knitting. But the 73-year-old social worker wasn't content to make baby booties and mittens ...

My friend Laura asked me to make her new little one a tiny football hat. I was definitely up to the challenge. I was surprised how few knitted patterns there were floating around Pinterest. Most of ...

Knitting is probably not the first method of protest that comes to mind for social activists, but the centuries-old craft has played a significant role in civil resistance movements across […] ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FALL RIVER — A group of knitters in Fall River, New Bedford and Fairhaven have created hundreds of hats destined to help newborns ...