D.I.Y. would seem to be a place where more sizes and colors could be represented, and yet thin, white models dominate on pattern sites. This is a place where social media can step into the breach.

I chose the Audrey sweater because it checked all my boxes: a difficulty rating of “beginner,” a super-soft chunky yarn made from a merino-baby-alpaca blend, and a pattern that promised a ...

Skipping Proper Sizing. Children grow quickly, and if you don’t account for this when choosing your pattern, your lovingly knitted item might fit for only a very short time—or not at all!

Crafters in search of Harry Styles’s colorful cardigan and Bernie Sanders’s inauguration mittens are designing their own patterns. By Hannah Wise It started with a simple sweater. After Harry ...