If life were like a Mary Maxim catalogue, rifle-toting hunters would forgo unseemly polyester stretch camo and go cheerfully into the woods in cosy, made-by-mom cardigans with a deer-head pattern in ...

It’s a match made in Canadiana heaven. Roots, maker of iconic sweaters, is about to launch a collaboration with Mary Maxim, the country’s maker of iconic sweater patterns.

This weekend will see a great moment in Canadian knitting history: waiting lists for handmade sweaters. Artisanal, craft and vintage are the lifestyle buzzwords of the moment, and they come together ...

The sweaters appear as soon as the colours change in the fall. The heavy knits are grey and red, cream and navy. Their designs include anchors and totem poles, ducks and deer. Every season, they ...