Breadcrumb Home Chang shares the challenges of hand knitting gifts for loved ones Thursday, November 14, 2013 State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa Lab Link http://www.salon.com/2013/11/11/ecstasy_pleasure_pain_my_gift_to_you/ Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, writes of the challenges of hand knitting gifts for family and other loved ones.