Knitting a sweater, a scarf or another article of clothing usually begins with a spool of yarn, two needles and a slipknot. It’s a skill artist Carol Milne learned at 10 years old from her grandmother, and before long, she was hooked. She fondly recalls the impact a trip to a knitting shop had on her around the same time.
“When I was growing up, knitting was not popular, and it was all old ladies who knitted,” Milne said with a laugh. “But I remember going to the store and seeing these women knitting, like on multiple needles in circles, and I was just mesmerized.” ...