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Knitters are known to pick up their needles for many reasons and now an entire community is doing so in the name of peace.

Since 2007, the TikkunTree Project has been encouraging crafters to create an enormous knitted tree that will eventually cover a silent candle vigil to advocate cessation of... read more

Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has come up with a novel way to connect with her female voters, by sharing some of her personal life online.

As part of her digital election campaign strategy, News Limited reports that the premier will soon be Instagramming pictures of her pet dog, posting... read more

Zoo volunteers on the English Riviera have tried their hands at yarn-bombing by decorating a local tree.

The plant at Living Coasts in Torquay has been swathed in colourful yarn, as well as scores of knitted sea creatures hanging from the branches and winding their way around the trunk.

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There's nothing knitters like more than a good get together, and for those in the Yorkshire area there could be another big event to add to the calendar.

Yarndale, the festival which celebrates 'all things knitting,' is coming to Skipton in September and aims to celebrate the diversity of wool, c... read more

An international champion knitter is continuing to ensure that he holds onto his Guinness Book of Records after more than 20 years on the same project.

Ted Hannaford, 72, who is a competent French knitter, has made a colourful yarn rope that measures an astounding 17 and a quarter miles, or 27,84... read more