Talk about a stitch in time. The fastest yarn slingers in the world are going to cross needles and hooks in the speed knitting and speed crocheting world championships Saturday at the Mall of America.

KARL MAYER’s high-speed warp knitting machines have always set the standard in producing plain warp-knitted textiles at high speed. The last benchmark was 4,000 min-1. The current version of the HKS 2 ...

ZWOLLE, Netherlands -- A 40-year-old part-time yoga instructor from the tiny Dutch village of Swalmen, Miriam Tegels went after the world knitting speed record a week ago with nickel-plated needles ...

Knitting is often regarded as a leisurely hobby and is associated with images of ladies and gentlemen casually sitting and making things like blankets, scarves, and sweaters. But there are a new breed ...