Knitting a spare-yarn afghan is a quick and easy way to save money. There seems to be a law-probably written by a close relative of Murphy ­dictating that needlecrafters will never have just the right ...

Amanda Hartrich is "nuts about knitting" or "fanatical about fiber arts" after all she taught herself how to knit 20 years ago. She also spins her own yarn and her latest project has had her knitting ...