Knitting: it’s not just for grandmas anymore, but you already knew that. It’s not just for crafty hipsteristas either. A group of teachers at Highland Heights Junior Public School have started a Knitting Club to help keep inner city kids out of trouble. Many of the students come from public housing, so the school relies [...]

Saturday, June 9 is International Knit in Public Day, the holiday for people who view knitting as a lifestyle rather than a hobby. Fibre fanatics will be taking to the streets for a “yarn crawl” to spread the good word (of knitting, that is). The Toronto Knit Rabble will holding a crawl divided into West, [...]

When it’s minus something degrees outside and minus more degrees with the windchill, sitting and knitting in the warmth of your home is a good way to pass the time. Since indoor knitting is a luxury, why not throw something together for the less fortunate folks on the streets? Founded by Sadie Lewis, StreetKnit is [...]

Torontoist was recently tipped off about a great looking art-and-craft show opening tomorrow (June 2nd) at the C1 Art Space (Ossington and Queen): True Stories from the Stitch and Bitch is a show of knitting-themed paper mache sculptures by Erin Robertson, and is on until June 25th. But not only is Erin’s art on display, [...]

Toronto is full of all sorts of great arts-and-crafts happenings these days (and I’m talking scissors and yarn and glue, not the record label!), and if you’re having a hard time keeping track of them all you should mosey on over to Toronto Craft Alert, a new blog dedicated to keeping crafty Torontonians abreast of [...]

Tomorrow, knitters in the city have plans to take over the Toronto Transit Commission with a TTC Knit-A-Long. Two groups will meet at different spots in the city and pit their knitting prowess against each other. They will converge in Kensington Market for lunch and then do their final knit-off on streetcars ending with a [...]