Many of us will be opening packages to find hand-knit socks this Christmas. While they rarely feature in the top lists for most desired gifts, hand-knit socks are among the most traditional Christmas ...

Harry Potter fan Catherine Mandle is sure glad she’s a knitter: Her knitting needles are helping her pass the time until “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is released July 21. The Minneapolis ...

As 2018 draws to a close, we use this opportunity to bring you a soleful holiday musing: How could we engineer the perfect winter sock? Think about your favorite pair of winter socks. Are they wool, ...

In 2002, when Bulgarian Dimitar Apostolov went to college in the United States, his grandmother Yanka Dodnikova sent him off with several pairs of hand-knit wool socks to keep him warm during the cold ...

Warmer weather lends itself to the knitting of beautiful socks. Socks make for a small portable project; no heavy afghan to warm up your lap here. Fine weight yarn worked on little needles keep the ...