Among the many sweaters sported at the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival in October, one in particular had a fashion moment: the eye-catching Lindal sweater, which fiber lovers had furiously knit after ...

I've briefly mentioned a couple of times that I'm making chemo caps now with a yarn that I bought last fall at the VNA of Somerset Hills Rummage Sale. It's Schulana Supercotton, which in the Ravelry ...

Recently, she saw her friend Anna Murphy, a Canadian makeup artist, post about using yarn for makeup — a trend that involves gluing yarn to your face and painting over it with makeup — which has since ...

As people wrestled with the boredom and anxiety of quarantine, more than 38 million Americans turned to knitting. A full 20% of them were first-time knitters and I was among them, painstakingly trying ...

Producing functional fabrics that perform all the functions we want, while retaining the characteristics of fabric we’re accustomed to is no easy task. Two groups of researchers at Drexel University — ...

Well you're in luck. Knitters and crocheters meet every week at Yarn Texas — a new business focused on creating with yarn — to create and converse. Susan Chilcoat opened the business on Feb. 16 — her ...

The colorful debut from spinner Kroening teaches crafters how to make yarn using a drop spindle. The author breaks down how to use the simple instrument to turn raw fleece into thread, helping readers ...

Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory have “twisted” upon a new way to harvest mechanical energy using “yarns” that weigh less than a common housefly. Carbon nanotube-based “twistron” yarns, ...