Knitting a spare-yarn afghan is a quick and easy way to save money. There seems to be a law-probably written by a close relative of Murphy ­dictating that needlecrafters will never have just the right ...

Colourful woollen blankets knitted by a woman with Down's Syndrome are to be sent to Afghanistan to help the relief effort. Bill Holland and daughter Lorna Lorna Holland, 52, prepared more than 100 ...