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Knitting

Alpacas in rural Connecticut

Zany Neighbors: From Pet Peacocks to Naked Beekepers

There are some neighbors you just never forget.

The Podcast Team October 4, 2025

Sandur, Faroe Islands

Gróthúsvatn’s Witch Rock

Every summer, women from this small Faroese island cover this specific stone with knitted graffiti.

15 Amazing Places Every Yarn Lover, Knitter, and Crocheter Should Visit

For true fiber-arts enthusiasts only.

Roxanne Hoorn February 21, 2025

Local knitting enthusiasts gathering in Heindsleman's.

Heindselman's Knit and Gift

Pay a visit to America's oldest yarn shop.

A woman knitting, Washington DC, 1941.

The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool

Grandma was just making a sweater. Or was she?

Natalie Zarrelli March 16, 2022

Permanently Closed

L'Oisivethé

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

Heavy Metal Knitting World Championships.

Joensuu, Finland

Heavy Metal Knitting World Championships

One of the world's most unusual events combines headbanging and needlework.

Chesham's knitted bollards.

Chesham, England

Chesham Cozies

A line of iron bollards with colorful, handknitted cozies fitted over them.

Those oysters come with purls.

Charming Crochet Versions of Fish, Fries, and Other Foods

Kate Jenkins’s delicacies often look better than the real thing.

Rohini Chaki January 21, 2019

Do you see your favorite constellation?

Behold, a Massive Knit Map of the Cosmos

Three colors of yarn, seven panels, and all 88 constellations.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 11, 2018

Hungry caterpillar.

Whitehead, Northern Ireland

Diamond Jubilee Wood

Whimsical woolen creatures have taken over this historic Northern Ireland park.

Lam's plush viscera include kidneys, the gallbladder, and intestines.

The Most Adorable Way to Learn Anatomy Is With Knitted Organs

Using needles and yarn, a medical student is working his way through the human body.

Jessica Leigh Hester February 6, 2018

This ham looks good enough to carve.

Feast Your Eyes on This Glorious Crocheted Food

Trevor Smith's creations are fuzzy, cozy, and downright edible-looking.

Anne Ewbank January 31, 2018

One of the village's five churches, made out of wool.

See an Entire Northern Ireland Village Knitted Out of Wool

An incredible yarn from Cloughmills, County Antrim.

Natasha Frost January 16, 2018

<em>Pinna nobilis</em>, the clam from which sea silk is produced, grows up to a yard in length.

You’ll Probably Never Get to See, Let Alone Touch, Sea Silk

Untangling the mysteries of the world’s rarest thread.

Natasha Frost September 13, 2017

Attendees of the Central Park knitting bee, including British soldiers and a Civil War veteran, 1918.

The Wool Brigades of World War I, When Knitting Was a Patriotic Duty

The clacking of needles was heard from coast to coast.

Anika Burgess July 26, 2017

The whole collection, back in the vault.

The Folger Shakespeare Library Will Lend Chilly Readers a Handmade Shawl

The reading room's head of circulation has created an informal lending library of coziness.

Sarah Laskow March 28, 2017

Rhea in her crocheted Patriots jersey, which has room for shoulder pads.

Are We Knitting Too Many Tiny Sweaters for Animals?

Examining the enthusiasm for interspecies knitwear.

Cara Giaimo February 27, 2017