Knitting a spare-yarn afghan is a quick and easy way to save money. There seems to be a law-probably written by a close relative of Murphy ­dictating that needlecrafters will never have just the right ...

After teaching herself to knit, she invented and cataloged stitch patterns, publishing seven foundational books that sold ...

FRAMINGHAM — Nanette Magnani traveled to Afghanistan in 1977 as a Peace Corps staff member to visit a country whose history of fierce independence she had read about so much during past years of ...