So, you’ve finished knitting that cozy blanket or snazzy sweater, but something feels missing. Enter the world of knit borders—a game changer for taking your project from “nice” to “wow!” Whether ...

Jacquard knitting is not for beginners, but it may be inconspicuous enough to pass this secret message off as a bunch of snowflakes. Sandra Gutierrez G.

Our cardigan pattern is perfect for intermediate knitters, who have mastered the basic knitting stitches. It requires rib stitch, a combination of knit and purls.

The unruly stitch of a dragon first attracted Sabetta Matsumoto to the mathematics of knitting. Unlike the regimented stitches of a sweater that march two-by-two across a textile, the whiskers of ...

With knitting, the most glaring differences are with a few stitch patterns that have similar names, but that are not the same. But the terms that are potentially the most confusing are related to ...

In practice, knitting patterns contain a lot of abbreviations like k and p, for knit and purl (the two standard types of stitches), st for stitches, yo for yarn over, or sl1 for “slip one stitch ...

Dr. Matsumoto argues that “knitting is coding” and that yarn is a programmable material. The potential dividends of her research range from wearable electronics to tissue scaffolding. During ...

Recent marches such as the Women’s March on Jan. 21 and March for Science have lured newcomers to a symbol of activism that dates back hundreds of years.

She wrote that the machine “weaves algebraic patterns, just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.” (Developed in the early 19th century, the loom was equipped with punch cards that ...

Knitted seed stitch is the best texture stitch for beginner knitters to learn. Using simple knit and purl techniques, you'll have a project stitched in no time!