Iceland's hand-knit "lopi" sweaters are adored by tourists and worn with pride by locals. But now some local manufacturers have successfully outsourced the labor to China. That has local knitters, who ...

Wool long has been a critical element of military apparel. Wool is relatively plentiful. It keeps a body warm. If it catches fire, it burns slowly. April Gammache and her daughter, Gwendolynn Phillips ...

LONDON — Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley’s knitwear brand Made With Love has teamed with Woolmark for a pastel-toned knit kit for wool enthusiasts. The merino wool yarns used in the kit, which include ...

With the rise and rise of knitwear as high fashion, and the increasing popularity of arts and crafts, you're nobody these days unless you know how to knit. Knitting even has a few royal supporters.

Australian farmers produce some the world's finest Merino wool, but almost all of it leaves the country soon after it's been shorn off the sheep's back. There's a been huge contraction in wool ...

A knitting revival is giving the owners of the 90 year old Wangaratta Woollen Mills in Victoria hope for the future of Australian superfine wool. To ensure there are no "roadblocks to success" the new ...

The image of knitting has changed recently, with more young people taking it up Skills handed down through the generations are playing an integral role in the revival of the UK wool industry. "There ...