How do I love thee? Let me craft the ways … Well, no, that’s not exactly what Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote, but I like to think that after she wrote her immortal sonnet, she reached for her sewing basket and stitched up a love token for her best… Read More
The wheels were spinning, the knitting needles were flashing and the fingers were flying as four spinners and more than 16 knitters – ages thirtysomething to eightysomething – fashioned caps, and the fiber from which to make them, last week at a gathering at Cityside Yarn Co. in… Read More
You see them everywhere – scarves knit of the latest generation of novelty yarns: eyelash yarns, furry yarns, yarns with names such as Salsa, Plume, Zap, Lazer Sequin and Flirt, yarns with metallic threads, yarns that look like ribbons. Yarns that knit up to look like bad hair… Read More
Editor’s Note: Starting today, Ardeana Hamlin’s column, By Hand, will appear each Tuesday in the Style section. When she isn’t copy-editing and writing for the Bangor Daily News’ sister publication, The Weekly, Hamlin spends her time happily snarled up with fabric, thread, knitting needles, crochet hooks and glue… Read More