A tall ship trip was start of a lifelong connection to the Fair Isle jumper for Lynne Coleman. Now she is reinventing it in cashmere.

Back in the day, knitting and crocheting were the most popular pastimes for women. If you look at any primary school photo ...

using the leftover yarn, their children, too. Suddenly entire nuclear family units were dressed in matching Fair Isle — making it a visual shorthand for ideas of tradition, convention and ...

This might sound like we're spinning you a yarn but this week's Everyday Artist ... an aunt taught me cable and Fair Isle stitches and my other grandmother taught me to crochet.