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, ...

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 ...

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.

In addition to its popularity for use in knitting circles and Etsy stores, yarn has plenty of other applications. As art, for example. What better way to use a lot of leftover yarn than in a massive, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yarn bombing is sometimes labeled graffiti or "guerrilla art." But since its inception -- in 2005 in Texas, according to most internet sources -- it's become more than "a way for crafters to make ...