Columns

Knitting Travels is a regular column on the blog. Click a link to read about our travels and experiences with knitting in this far-off lands. We also review local yarn shops, if we can find them.

Cities are listed in alphabetical order.

• Alexandria
• Bethany Beach
• Bethesda
• Gastonia
• Greenville, SC
• London: Here and Here
• New Orleans
• Oil Springs (Canada)
• Philadelphia
• Richmond
• Seattle
• Tokyo

Fiber Facts presents the scientific side of fiber. Most of these are written by our science specialist, Jordynn. If you have a topic you would like her to research and write about, send us an email.

Here's a list of previous columns, arranged in alphabetical order by topic.

• Corn (How it is made into yarn)
• Felting (How does it happen?).
• Knots (Why yarn tangles).
• Lanital (Milk Fiber).
• Mercerized Cotton (What is this process?)
• Silk (How it's made).
• Viscose (What is it?)
• Whalebone Swifts (What are they?)