The feeling inside The Knitting Factory on Thursday night was an emotional one. Tiredness, begone. Stress, see you later. It ...

A quirky batch of knitted hedgehogs is bringing comfort and colour to a children’s hospital ward. The soft toys, made by the ...

A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where silicone ones are expensive. Women say the affordable prostheses are ...

Cheap and easy to pick up, knitting can help to fight addictive behaviours, from nail-biting and doomscrolling all the way up to helping people struggling with street drugs. The only side-effect? Too ...

When you imagine what an Olympic-level athlete might pack to take to the Winter Games, you probably imagine things like ski goggles and athletic gloves. For a growing number of athletes, the packing ...

On a Saturday morning in Downriver, a handful of people gather around café tables with yarn, needles, and coffee cups. They chat, laugh, and quietly work on colorful blankets and hats. To a passerby, ...

There’s something comforting about the rhythm of making one stitch at a time and turning a single strand of yarn into something creative and useful. Today, we taught ourselves different ways to tie a ...

A DEDICATED screening day designed specifically for patients with learning disabilities helped to remove barriers to care and create a “quiet, calm and welcoming” experience for those attending. The ...

Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors has donated over 300 gifts, including 150 twiddle muffs, as part of its annual festive gift drive in support of local care and healthcare units. Did you know with an ...

Grief is often associated with death, says Paul Rado, 71, of La Plata County. But as he cares for his wife Jackie, 77, who has Alzheimer’s disease, he’s experiencing another kind of grief. “Ambiguous ...

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