Guess my Grandma Faye was a hip, trend-setting bubbe. A real lady before her time, she knit sweaters, crocheted blankets and kept closets full of colorful yarn.

Crisp air, cozy sweaters, and pumpkin spice everything – yep, it’s officially fall, y’all! And you know what that means? It’s time to break out the yarn stash and get our knit and crochet on!

'Yarn-bombing' artists hit a number of Bay Area cities with unexpected and whimsical knitted creations ...

The yarns vary in weight from a fine sock yarn, Finch, to a lofty Puffin with which one could knit a sweater in an afternoon. “I wanted the yarn to look different, to feel different, to be modern,” ...