When the National Library of Australia (NLA) began digitising old newspapers and magazines and adding them to its database Trove, one search term was surprisingly popular. "We started to notice that ...

Simply sign up to the Fashion myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. While scrolling the internet for the perfect knit kerchief — and wincing at the £165 price tag on a small triangle of red ...

The fact that I knit year-round and live in sunny Meanjin/Brisbane often prompts people to look at me sideways. When we think of knitting, we tend to first think of the cosy jumpers, chic balaclavas ...

With the rise and rise of knitwear as high fashion, and the increasing popularity of arts and crafts, you're nobody these days unless you know how to knit. Knitting even has a few royal supporters.

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 ...