4-H volunteer Lindsay McHugh, right, assists Aileen Gravot, 12, and her mom Christine make a macrame bracelet during a 4-H Yarn Club meeting, in Pitman, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Linda McHugh’s Pitman ...

PUTNEY — In 1980, Claire Wilson, a soft-spoken Quaker now in her 90s and still living in Putney, met in a study group of 12 or so folks at the home of Paul and Dorothea Stockwell in West Brattleboro.

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Long before people’s purchases could be tracked through computer IP addresses and electronic means, there was the simple ability to use apparel to know something about buying habits.

The Schmidt family, owners of Kraemer Textiles in Nazareth, has introduced a product in response to a trend that has been called “the new yoga.” Hand knitting is enjoying a healthy revival, with Julia ...

As you reach retirement age, you may be thinking about taking up fishing, golf, or even knitting. But if Richard Hagger even considered the latter, it was only as an aside to his main interest.

Isabel and Nick Renters are selling alpaca knitwear and yarn in an operation that puts a high value on ethical production. DES may have lost a few teeth and be fed a special “geriatric” diet of soaked ...