My husband is a golf fanatic. If he isn’t watching golf on tv, his smartphone or the Net, he’s reading about it or on the course. No weather deters him from his appointed rounds, although I must say that where we live, y’all, it’s the heat rather than cold that is most often a challenge (to the pretend “golfers” - the real golfers feel no pain -...

I wanted to knit a soft scarf in an easy pattern for my daughter to wear at college. The pattern didn’t have to be reversible, but it had to be attractive on the “wrong” side. This is what I came up with. It’s a lot of yardage, but that’s because each of the yarns used is fingering or lace weight, and doubled. If yo...

An empire-waisted, scoop-necked, cap-sleeved summer-y top that is fitted at and below the bust and flares out slightly, thanks to its lace skirt, down to its high-hip hem. Knit into the round to the armholes and then worked flat, the lace pattern is pretty, interesting, but not difficult, even for the lace novice. Twisted ribbing below the bust ...