PITTSBURGH-- Carnegie Mellon University researchers have used computationally controlled knitting machines to create plush toys and other knitted objects that are actuated by tendons. It's an approach ...

For sewers and fine hand stitchers, creating smocked effects in fabric is considered an art. For knitters, however, this interesting way of creating a yoked effect is not well-known. Today I'll show ...

Imagine a winter without knit hats, sweaters and scarves to bundle up in. It’s hard to do, but even harder for Weinberg sophomore Sarah Eisenman. In 2015, Eisenman founded Kids Knitting it Forward, ...

Three years ago during a trip home to Buffalo for the Thanksgiving holidays, my mother taught me how to knit. Despite a lifetime of pursuing different interests (she was always in the garden, while I ...

I have a love-hate relationship with knitting. I usually love the finished product, but I sometimes hate the process. I've made only a few sweaters -- and all ended up way too big or way too boring to ...