With the rise and rise of knitwear as high fashion, and the increasing popularity of arts and crafts, you're nobody these days unless you know how to knit. Knitting even has a few royal supporters.

Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre stage on ...

The Shetland Museum and Archives in the main town of Lerwick is the hub for Wool Week and all are welcome to come with their crafts and any questions they might have. In a kind of living room, people ...