Knitting is apparently cool again. Hipsters in their 20s and 30s have taken up their needles in search of relaxation and simple pleasures. They call it the “new yoga.” With this in mind, I made the ...

Who: YMCA’s RSVP Project Warm-Up distributes free yarn to groups of knitters across the Spokane County and collects and distributes finished items to the needy in the fall. What: Volunteers knit, ...

My friend Bonnie is a professional weaver. I know she’s a pro, not only because it says so on her labels, but when I watched her weaving at her traditional Swedish loom, I was taken by her focus and ...

Roxanne Yeun doesn’t know precisely when she first thought to interweave art and yarn. More than a decade ago, she visited the Dalí Museum in Florida with her husband, Neville, and became curious ...

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Long before people’s purchases could be tracked through computer IP addresses and electronic means, there was the simple ability to use apparel to know something about buying habits.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Knitters, crocheters, weavers and other self-described “fiber fanatics” are threading their way through central Texas on the 13th annual Best Little Yarn Crawl in Texas. “It’s kind of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In a room full of more than 120 looms, you'll find Natalie Boyett, the owner of The Chicago Weaving School. "We have some weavers who love to weave creative pieces of art and others ...

Traceability is an ongoing concern for the textile industry. Technologies such as barcodes, QR codes and RFID tags have been put in place to enhance supply chain transparency, but they often fail to ...