It's official: all the cool kids are putting down their XBox controls and picking up needles. Knitting needles, that is. At this year's British Nylon Fair it was revealed that two-thirds of all ...

FAIRBANKS — Dorothy “Moxie” Pender’s obsession with weaving and knitting began with a sweater: A blue and white hand-knit cardigan with a Scandinavian design that a friend made for Pender’s newborn ...

WOODLAND — At Karin Finch’s alpaca farm, knit pickers are welcome. Finch’s 30-acre White Oak Alpaca farm, about 10 minutes east of Woodland’s city center, sells dozens of unique fiber blends made of ...

About five years ago, fashion designer Ulla Johnson traveled to Peru for a sourcing trip. It was there she was first introduced to the alpaca fiber at several knitting and weaving cooperatives around ...

PLYMOUTH — If you are ready for a beach party, Little Creek Alpaca farm in Plymouth is holding a free beach party this weekend in celebration of Worldwide Knit in Public Day.. Aside from a two acre ...

ELLSWORTH — Sales of hand-knitted alpaca sweaters and scarves from Janetta and Stanley Bauer’s der Bauernhof Farms are not only benefiting the local economy this year, but a group of Peruvian women as ...