Detroit resident Rhonda Morton knows how to knit by hand, but sitting at one of her many metal knitting machines, cranking out everything from doll clothes to dress pants, is her real passion. Morton, ...

As we enter the depths of winter, there’s no prospect more appealing than bundling up in a handmade, ultra-warm wool blanket. When the time comes for us to leave our cosy nests to brave howling winds ...

When most of us think of a person knitting, we imagine someone sitting with needles in hand and a ball of yarn at their feet that slowly unwinds as they form stitches one at time, creating a piece of ...

In a workshop that’s a refuge from the world, Dorothea Campbell uses her hands. Her right hand turns a crank, or manipulates dozens of needles arranged in a circle. With her left, she holds tightly to ...

They are part of the Tennessee Valley Machine Knitters, a group founded in 1990 by the late Beverly Wolfe and a few others. Many members started out knitting the old-fashioned way, by hand, but are ...