FASHION

HEAD TRIPS
Beauty and brains—what more could you ask of a knitted hat.

NATURAL HIGH
Earthen wear gets exciting for eco-conscious knitters.

GOLD RUSH
Bank on the richest tone and textures around.

THE WARMING TREND
Reds blaze a fiery, fashionable trail.

PRIVATE LIVES
Laze-day layering has never looked better.

TALKING FASHION
Nanette Lepore and Rebecca Taylor dish their design ethos.

NICKY EPSTEIN: GATHER YE ROSEBUDS
The designer's signature roses bloom on a throne of their own.

FEATURES

SPOTLIGHT ON: SWAROVSKI
Swarovski crystals set knits all a-shimmer, so we went shopping.

MEG SWANSEN ON: GENERATION GAP
Three generations of Meg's family share their hat patterns. Fittingly, the first comes from Elizabeth Zimmermann.

THE AFGHAN TEA PARTY
The inspiring story of how Afghanistan's female parliamentarians received a gift of warmth from Western knitters.

THE YARN ARTST
Artyarns founder Iris Schreier talks about her busy dual career as designer and yarn impresario.

GOING SEAMLESS
Get the skinny on knitting in the round from Brooklyn Tweed blogger Jared Flood.

KNITTING AS ART
Sarah Ditum gallery-hops through the latest trends in knitted art.

NEEDLE FELTING
A stunning scarf by Fayla Reiss to felt sans washing machine.

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