Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is where helix, or spiral, knitting comes in handy. It's a little-known technique—but if you're a knitter, you may find it ...

Gertrude C. Hoover of Columbus, Ohio, is a 50-year crochet veteran who has been reading our columns with tips from other readers. She would like to add a few tips of her own: "I was glad to hear Joan ...

I often receive letters requesting creative ways to use yarns left over from knitting and crochet projects. To get an idea of how much you have, which colors and which weights, sort yarns into groups.

It’s time to raid your knitting basket. We love the look of these mismatched color-block patterns, and you just need two skeins of yarn in different but coordinating colors. If you’re new to knitting, ...

They're not alone in saving material from landfill. Social enterprise Seagulls Reuse in Leeds has been repurposing paint for more than 20 years, and Mytholmroyd-based British Recycled Plastic makes ...

Like so many of us who knit and/or crochet, Elaine Redmond’s yarn stash continues to grow as she buys more, completes projects and stores away what’s left with plans for someday putting it to good use ...

No, oddball knitting does not mean knitting strange-looking things. Rather, the term is a literal reference to the odd balls of yarn knitters tend to collect; half-used skeins leftover from finished ...

Knitting a spare-yarn afghan is a quick and easy way to save money. There seems to be a law-probably written by a close relative of Murphy ­dictating that needlecrafters will never have just the right ...