Vivian McInerny, The Oregonian fashion writer, just dropped off a knitting book that came in the mail to her -- "Inspired Fair Isle Knits" by Fiona Ellis (Potter Craft, $35, 143 pages, due out Oct. 2) ...

Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre stage on ...

The Mitten Handbook (Abrams Books, 2017) acts as an instructional manual for knitting custom mittens. Author Mary Scott Huff encourages knitters to create their own unique mittens by combining ...

“In the 1920s, Fair Isle knitting became very high fashion, thanks to the Prince of Wales, who was sent a jumper” — that’s queen’s English for “sweater” — “by a local woman here,” said Carol A.

A DESIGNER who is keeping the ancient Fair Isle knitting tradition alive on the UK’s remotest inhabited island has been awarded more than £40,000 to expand her business. Marie Bruhat was inspired to ...

(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Shetland, UK - Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Wool Brokers LTD), a leader in the Shetland wool industry, continues to champion the time-honored tradition of Fair Isle Knitting.

(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Shetland, UK - Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Wool Brokers LTD), a trusted name in Shetland's wool industry, is proud to unveil a new celebration of traditional craftsmanship: a ...

Nothing signals the start of winter quite like the return of the Fair Isle knit. Once considered ‘ugly’ knitwear we’d only pull out from the back of our wardrobes as an alternative to a Christmas ...