Gathering Yarn

On October 19th, 2013, David Babcock - a professor from the University of Central Missouri - earned an unusual entry in the Guinness Book of World Records: ...

Queen Victoria was a lifelong avid knitter and crocheter, and she also spun. Though she probably only did handiwork because she enjoyed it, her taste for i...

Did you know about the long and intriguing relationship between kntting and espionage? If you didn't, you're about to! Coded messages and fiber art have alw...

Knitting has been enjoying a surge of popularity since the early 2000s, driven mostly by young women in the United States. From 2002 - 2008, for example, wom...

Mega knitting (a very recently coined term) is the practice of using needles that are 1/2 an inch in diameter or larger. Such needles necessarily have hook...

How to Knit Faster Make knitting a daily habit Like all skills, knitting takes practice, and the more often you are knitting (practicing) the better you wil...

GARTER STITCH Knitting patterns often use garter stitch to create a border or edge with a striped texture that doesn't curl. It's also great for making a kni...

Cabling Cables are knitting structures that can create expressive textures and patterns on a given project. They are created by knitting your stitches out of...

With the start of the New Year, we know to expect many newcomers who have made resolutions to learn how to knit. To that end, we are happy to present a multi...

The New Year is here, and with it no doubt comes a New Year weekend round of celebrations. How about a fun little knit to help keep your beverages cool while...

Hello everyone, Christmas is finally here! Christmas has meant many things over many generations - the overlapping significance with this time in December m...

'Tis the season, so today let's do something a bit fun and festive and look at the history of the modern Santa Claus suit! The modern North American Santa is...

Before the advent of insulated rubber mittens, the wives of New England & Canadian Maritime fishermen knit specialized, water proof mittens for their husband...

Who likes knitting mittens? Toques? Scarves? Now, who is always satisfied that the winter garments they knit are warm enough? This week, we're going to go ...

One of the most important characteristics of any spun yarn is its breaking strength: how much tensile stress it can bear before, well, breaking. A yarn's s...

In 1907, George Laxton and Gordon Holmes founded Holmes Laxton & Co in Oakworth, West Yorkshire. Working with a local weaver from Bradford, they developed ...

Peruvian textiles enjoy a history spanning back to at least 8,000 BCE, and have a profound influence within the cultures of the indigenous Andean people. T...

Frank W. Michell was a former WWI RAF aviator who, in 1922, decided to journey to South America in search of both adventure and opportunity. Upon reaching...

Michell & Cia are the current driving force behind the Mirasol Project and one of the leading producers of alpaca yarn products. Founded in 1931 by Frank W...

The Mirasol Project is a schooling initiative than began in 2006, when two customers of the Michell Group - Kari Hestnes and Per Svendsen - visited the Mal...