Yarn shops that survived the recession, and the unraveling of the knitting boom before that, are casting about for ways to boost sales. They’re meeting with some success. Average sales at independent ...

Yarn shops are the boutiques of the fiber industry — when you walk into a boutique you expect to pay more, and the same for a yarn shop — but does it have to be that way entirely? In my Dec. 5 column, ...

Correction: The first name of Lora Miller, co-owner of Fun with Fiber, was misspelled in a previous version of this story. Throughout history, various forms of crafting -- knitting, crocheting, etc. - ...