The Guardian

Improve your knitting skills in the Faroes, home of the woollen sweater

The Faroe Islands’ beautiful handmade knitwear features in a celebration of traditional women’s knitting gatherings; plus, the best UK craft festivals The women of the Faroe Islands used to cross ...
Publishers Weekly

Nina’s Favorite Mittens and Socks from Around Norway: Over 40 Traditional Knitting Patterns Inspired by Norwegian Folk-Art Collections

Nina Granlund Sæther, trans. from the Norwegian by Carol Huebscher Rhoades. Trafalgar Square, $26.95 (152p) ISBN 978-1-64601-164-3 In this cozy outing, craft instructor Sæther (Knits from Around ...
CBC.ca

Knitting pros push traditional Newfoundland patterns

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Shirley "Shirl the ...
Prima on MSN

Old shale stitch is the beautiful wave pattern to try in your next knitting project

Try it on everything from homemade socks to baby cardigans.
Los Angeles Times

Mary Walker Phillips, 83; artistic knitter

Mary Walker Phillips took knitting out of the dresser drawers of America -- “the socks-and-sweater doldrums,” one renowned textile designer called it -- and placed it in fine art galleries. The same ...
Publishers Weekly

Mittens from Around Norway: Over 40 Traditional Knitting Patterns Inspired by Folk-Art Collections

Sæther celebrates traditional knitwear from Norway, her homeland, “where it’s easy to end up with cold fingers more than six months of the year,” with this collection of 40 classic knitwear design ...