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3 days agoMan breaks knitting record while running London Marathon
Simon Fannon set a world record for knitting the longest scarf while running the London Marathon, raising money for charity in the process.
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Writing
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2 weeks agoKendall Ross Comments Directly on the Craft Vs. Art Debate - Hi-Fructose Magazine
Kendall Ross creates knitted pieces that blend art and craft, emphasizing their connection and the importance of women's creative traditions.
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3 weeks agoHow To Make The Viral 'Project Hail Mary' Fox Sweater
I love knitting things from film and television. My big magnum opus is I did the Oaken sweater from Frozen, which I designed the chart for. I also happened to really love Project Hail Mary. I read the book about a year ago, and I absolutely loved it. So when the first trailer dropped in October [2025], I immediately clocked this sweater because I had seen the pattern previously.
Fashion & style
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2 months agoLet's Check In With The Knitting Olympians | Defector
Knitting is the perfect activity to calm the body and soothe the mind during a high-pressure event like the Winter Olympics. Once you internalize your stitch pattern, you can just zone out and focus on how the yarn feels between your fingers, and for those EMDR girlies among us, knitting also counts as bilateral stimulation. Since diver Tom Daley went viral in 2021 for knitting between events at the Tokyo Olympics, he's become something of a knitbassador for the craft,
Arts
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5 months agoThe Kenyan woman confronting cancer stigma with knitted breast prostheses
Knitting was a childhood hobby of Mary Mwangi, a tall and talkative woman who runs a tailoring shop in Thika town in Kenya's Kiambu County. But it was only in 2017, when she was bedridden for 11 months after having cancer treatment, that she picked it up again. The first time Mwangi was diagnosed, it was with spine cancer. Housebound and wanting to pass the time, she decided to knit hats, which she ended up donating to cancer patients at Kenyatta National Hospital.
Medicine
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months agoGame of Wool: Britain's Best Knitter review Tom Daley is a twinkling, passionate joy of a presenter
A televised knitting competition showcases amateur knitters tackling inventive, time-limited design challenges judged with playful critique and populated by eccentric personalities.
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7 months agoUnraveling the Hank Green vs. Knitting Drama
It's not so much what Hank Green said, but what the Hank Green-hosted SciShow on YouTube put forward. The video is framed as physicists using science to explain the art of knitting, which until now has been innovated simply "through trial and error," and that "how it all works was mostly a mystery." Recently, scientists used a computer model to determine how certain knit stitches will behave, thus being able to predictively pattern knit fabrics for the first time.
Science
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months agoMy favourite childhood outfit: I am in classic British beachwear a cardigan knitted by my nan'
The narrator inherited long slim hands from her grandmother and grew up surrounded by knitted garments, often wearing cardigans on seaside trips despite mobility limitations.
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8 months agoThreaded Futures: 5 Ways Designers are Reinventing The Art Of Knitting In Product Design - Yanko Design
Knitting, once tied to blankets and scarves, now inspires furniture, lighting, and home accessories, showcasing its potential for creativity and function.
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