In the core of a knitting machine or at the tips of a skilled knitter’s needles, a strand of fiber can be transformed into anything from a delicate scarf to a bulletproof vest. But different knitting ...

While most Olympic divers sitting poolside at Paris’ Aquatic Center are anxiously twiddling their thumbs, one athlete has been twiddling a pair of knitting needles.Video above: Tom Daley's son was the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hank Green’s latest SciShow video, "Physicists Don’t Understand Why Knitting Works," sparked frustration among knitters online.

Knitting may soon move beyond sweaters and scarves. A team of researchers at Cornell and Carnegie Mellon University has built a prototype knitting machine that can create solid, three-dimensional ...