The conferences have provided an opportunity to bring together disparate approaches to this single subject which includes crochet too. The conferences have covered, for example, art and craft, fashion and the industry, making and thinking, media and sport, health and therapy, history and the internet. It is our aim to encourage and support all types of research and making from academics to designers, artists to knitters, students and experts, including all generations in contributing to worldwide knitting. The programmes for each conference are included here on our website. Contact us at wsaenqs@soton.ac.uk to join our mailing list for future In the Loop news.