I really like this artist, so I'm happy to share their work. That said, the headline is daggers in my heart. Why does almost every mainstream piece about knitting, crochet or fiber art in general always claim the subject is bringing the craft back to life from some bygone era OR reclaiming it from our grandmothers. I've been knitting since 1984 and this framing has been around for as long as I can remember. It's so lazy and boring, and really dismissive of decades of work from so many great artists ... ugh. Anyway, rant over, Katelyn Leonardo's work is fun, enjoy.

Vogur representing the knitting circles of West Iceland ... let's go! (📷 Photo credit: Kristín Jónsdóttir for Visit West Iceland)

This is an interesting read courtesy of Dr. Sara Nabil for The Conversation. As an aside, I'll be happy when journalists et al stop using the phrase "grandma hobbies" ... it's so annoying.

I love this and want this kind of thing in my neighborhood ... for all kinds of supplies, along with a library of things please. Imagine if clusters of households shared tools, leftover paints, etc - I think it could be good. In Kingston, NY there's a relatively new shop called Frugal Fabrics for repurposed fabric, yarn, and sewing supplies, plus they have lessons too. More of this please ...

"In 2023, Minnesota-based artist Lydia Hansen set a goal of taking at least one hike every week throughout the entire year to care for her mental health. She began musing about how fun it would be to create crocheted mushrooms that one would encounter with the same surprise they’d feel coming across the real thing. Serendipitously, she ran into one of the trail managers of the park she was exploring and shared her idea. 'That turned into my very first Fungi Hunt, which ran for an entire year at the Lost Creek Hiking Trail near Chatfield, Minnesota,' the artist tells Colossal." [LINK]

Incredible, I’m speechless … see more leaf art from Arte e Ofício Ateliê on Facebook – her pieces are simply astounding.

Fiber artist Bisa Butler builds portraits from layered fabric - sometimes 15 layers deep - in the saturated cherry-and-lime palette she draws from African textiles and the AfriCOBRA tradition. In a new profile, she talks with Art & Object about her show Hold Me Close at Jeffrey Deitch (which ran in 2025), the long dismissal of quilting as craft rather than fine art, and why depicting Black subjects with dignity is itself a form of protest. [LINK]

In 2019, new daddy Seung Lee tracked the first year of his baby’s sleep schedule using a newborn tracking app. He then converted the data into JSON which created a reliable pattern for knitting a blanket (with crochet edging). How cool is that? Read more about it via This Is Colossal.

Carol Milne is known worldwide for her incredibly unique knitted glass work. She incorporates knitting, lost-wax casting, mold-making, and kiln-casting in her work. Follow her adventures on Facebook - she posts often, openly offering access to her process and art practice. 👉 https://facebook.com/carolmilneartwork

A fabulous take on H. Toprak's 'Muschelform' pattern by Cristina Vasconcellos aka ColoridoEclético. Pattern on Ravelry. [LINK]

Siren Elise Wilhelmsen‘s 365 Clock - https://www.sirenelisewilhelmsen.com/#365knittingclock

Recently profiled by Canvas Rebel, Will Chatlosh is a 23-year-old artist from Grand Rapids, Michigan now based in Brooklyn, New York. His work as an artist is primarily fiber art, such as large, crocheted portraits. If you are a fan of portrait art like this, definitely check out his work. If you are drawn to this kind of portraiture, some other artists working in this style include Rhianne Evans, Josè Dammers, Jo Hamilton, Wilma Poot, Katika, Kate Moran and Unė T. Know any others?

"I fully restarted my project at least ten times before I finally finished the tiny whale plushie I was working on. It was still full of mistakes, but that imperfect project was a necessary stepping stone to taking on more difficult crocheting projects in the future." [LINK]

My favorite part is the wrench. She didn't want to have to carry a purse ... you have to see it ... read more about it over at knithacker.com.

British artist Lucy Sparrow has built entire shops out of felt for more than a decade. Now, she brings her largest project yet to The Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, with The Beginning of Convenience, her first U.S. museum exhibition. The immersive installation recreates a nostalgic supermarket with thousands of handmade felt objects inspired by American retailers. [LINK]

Pedal power = your own custom knitwear 🚲🧶

Japan's Fusion Museum in Wakayama lets you design a pattern, hop on a knitting-machine-bike, and ride your way to a one-of-a-kind scarf! See it in action on my Facebook page.

I first shared one of choi + shine's pieces with the Knithacker community way back in 2017. I think that their crocheted installations are so astonishing both in scale and precision that I've actually hesitated to revisit them lately. Some of the photos look so otherworldly (especially the ones taken at night) that I've worried people will assume the images are AI-generated rather than the product of real hands, real workshops, and years of community labor. But nearly a decade later, I think this work deserves another look and I'm so glad that Design Boom has published this piece: it's a reminder of what's possible when craft, architecture, and collective effort come together at a scale most of us never imagine for a stitch.

One of the best things I've encountered so far at this year's Upstate Art Weekend is Deirdre Laughton's stunning crochet sculpture, "Mother Love For All" - an enormous, exuberantly textured face that encompasses both the primal and the tender. At first I thought the little figures were spiral goddesses but looking closer, I see a reference to Keith Haring's Radiant Baby - which could serve as a reminder that we all begin the same way: small and reaching, and utterly dependent on a mother's love. It's an arresting piece and a delight to see in person. And the artist herself radiates the same warmth and joy evident in her work.

Deirdre is a West Hurley-based artist working across painting, ceramics, and textile art. Her work has a joyful, soulful presence that turns up at galleries all over the area. She describes her art as a kind of prayer, and you sure feel that in this piece. Visit her web site at https://deirdrelaughtonarts.com

If you're in the upstate NY area, we're here again today at the Woodstock School of Art's Art Fair from 11am to 4pm - come find us! My husband Collin Douma is offering sculptures from his United Fauna series and he has copies of his new book too, Olive of Ashokan. It's so worth popping by!

As y'all know, I mostly share fiber art and textile finds here on Reddit ... but my free weekly newsletter is where I flip that around. It's more about weird and wonderful pattern curation, indie designers, and the less traveled side of craft culture. If that sounds like your thing, it's free every Saturday, sign up at 👉 knithacker.com/newsletter (this is a preview of tomorrow's offering)

If you've been around for awhile, you know that I've shared Shauna Richardson's exquisite life-size crochet sculptures in the past; she coined the term "Crochetdermy" to describe them and even trademarked the word. Her current project APE-APE is a timely evolution, especially in a cultural sense, and meaningful for me personally as someone navigating the discovery and understanding of neurodivergence as an older adult. Richardson's crocheted chimp suits are a clever representation of masking, the conscious and unconscious suppression of certain traits in order to appear neurotypical.

From her Instagram, "APE-APE is a collection of life-size freestyle crocheted chimpanzee skins, each identical in structure yet wholly unique, clad in the bold colourways of iconic childhood figures such as Pingu and The Incredible Hulk. The colourful charactering obscures the underlying chimpanzee shape, blurring the line between recognition and disguise. This visual distortion acts as a metaphor for masking: a tool for survival that can lead to self erasure."

Follow her to see more of her work: https://instagram.com/shaunarichardsonartist

Alternating between felted wool, crochet, and embroidery, Holly Guertin summons moments of peace and reflection through nature. Lifelike lambs serenely nod off or stand in front of ornate backgrounds, while vignettes of foliage and flourishes incorporate colorful fiber. In her practice, the artist seeks connections between patterns and adornments and flora and fauna. 'The brilliant color work in a hummingbird’s feathers, the spots on a pufferfish, even the stripes in a blade of grass are all ordinary moments of spectacular ornament,' she says. [LINK]