Like knitting and crocheting, spinning — the process of twisting fibers together to make yarn — is enjoying a comeback. Textile artists want “to control the front end of their yarn,” says Sarah ...

Yarn spinning dynamics and fibre arrangement form the cornerstone of modern textile engineering, underpinning both the quality of yarn and its performance in downstream manufacturing. An understanding ...

A practical guide sharing ten essential techniques to improve yarn plying on a spinning wheel, covering tension control, ...

Spinnova has entered into a yarn development agreement with Tearfil where the latter will operate an R&D yarn-spinning line. Credit: Spinnova. The yarn-spinning line is intended for product ...

Researchers in US are the first to produce electrically conducting yarns from webs of carbon nanotubes and various powders and nanofibres. The yarns, made by a technique called biscrolling, are very ...

Exploring historic textiles, sustainable fashion, and the fiber arts through spinning, weaving, sewing, and yarn crafting.

Spinning a yarn, literally, has become a favorite pastime of a growing number of Americans. In 1970, there were perhaps 1,500 to 2,000 people in the United States who spun their own yarn, using a hand ...

Spinning a yarn: Javad Foroughi with his nanotube-based material. (Courtesy: University of Wollongong) Researchers at the University of Wollongong in Australia and the University of Texas at Dallas in ...

Pride in yarn: Cindy Walker’s Stony Hill Fiber Arts business relies on organic cotton grown, picked, ginned and bailed in Texas by the Bingham family; combed and spun in Thomasville, N.C., by Hill ...