If you like intricate lace knitting and want to make it even more challenging by adding beads, I have the perfect gift for you: this new book by Anniken Allis called "Beaded Lace Knitting." Most of ...

The original shawl is designed to be worked in six colors of fingering weight yarn, with a solid black background, although I recently saw a shawl knit in a worsted weight and was no less impressed.

Just in time for summer, two publishers have released books of lace shawl patterns. In my Thursday In Stitches column in the newspapers today, I have reviewed Anna Dalvi's new book, "Mystic Lace," ...