Knitted fabrics like a scarf or socks are highly elastic, capable of stretching as much as twice their length, but individual strands of yarn hardly stretch at all. It’s the way those strands form an ...

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My friend Laura asked me to make her new little one a tiny football hat. I was definitely up to the challenge. I was surprised how few knitted patterns there were floating around Pinterest. Most of ...

Physicists bring unprecedented levels of predictability to the ancient practice of knitting by developing a mathematical model that could be used to create a new class of lightweight, ultra-strong ...

For Elisabetta Matsumoto, knot theory is knit theory. Elisabetta Matsumoto holds a Geared Cuboctahedral Jitterbug that she designed with mathematician Henry Segerman.Credit...Johnathon Kelso for The ...

London-based architect and designer Bastian Beyer's project explores the potential of using knitted textile structures that have been biologically solidified as sustainable construction materials.

It started with a simple sweater. After Harry Styles wore a colour-block patchwork cardigan for a Today show rehearsal last February, knitters went into a kind of frenzy trying to reverse-engineer the ...

Hebridean fishermen would proudly wear these garments knitted by family as workwear to keep them warm but also uniquely identify them as each one was woven with distinctive patterns and symbols. Did ...

There’s something undeniably special about a hand-knitted garment, especially when it’s made for a child. Unlike mass-produced clothing, a knitted jumper, hat, or pair of booties carries a personal ...