Tuttle, $16.95 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-4-80-53-1453-1 Roehm translates the imaginative work of Shida, one of Japan’s best-known hand-knitting designers, into English for the first time.

Tuttle, $18.99 (128p) ISBN 978-4-80531-518-7 Not for the faint of heart (or hand), this knitting guide from yarn virtuoso Hatta will appeal to those already expert in the craft.

A Japanese film crew has visited the island as part of a knitting documentary which includes the Guernsey jumper. Nippon Hoso Kyokai or NHK, which is Japan's publicly funded broadcaster, has ...

Still, one thing at least is clear: as Mitsuhiro takes over the knitting-machine maker that his father built into a $2bn (£1.5bn) company, he has no illusions about following in his footsteps as ...

A Japanese film crew has visited the island as part of a knitting documentary which includes the Guernsey jumper. Nippon Hoso Kyokai or NHK, which is Japan's publicly funded broadcaster, has ...