Learn how to spin yarn by hand and get quality drop spindle instructions. Start using this tool that’s hardly changed since the Stone Age. I taught myself to spin when I was about 13 years old, using ...

Whether you are an experienced crafter chasing the perfect yarn or a beginner looking for an outlet for your creative talents, The Complete Guide to Spinning Yarn (St. Martin’s Press, 2012) by Brenda ...

Advancements in yarn spinning and manufacturing have the potential to disrupt global sourcing and change the formula for the cost of production. During a Texworld USA seminar last week, experts in the ...

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 ...

To Georgia Tech’s Zhong Lin Wang, even tossing and turning in bed is a possible source of renewable energy. Wang’s group has made energy-harvesting yarns—primarily composed of common garment materials ...

Cotton prices vary with supply and demand, and in general a yarn spinner has limited control to impact the price. And these first prices have a strong impact on operational costs. Depending upon the ...

Bucking an economic trend, Patrick Yarns remains profitable by spinning a wide range of products for a diverse group of customersPhotographs for TIME by Vincent J. Musi / Aurora Based in Kings ...

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 ...

Aastha Spintex acquires Falcon Yarns to double its production capacity and enhance operational efficiency in the cotton yarn ...

While the pattern for making a wearable fabric battery has already been laid out, it's now time to select the threads that will turn a textile into an energy storage device. That process is being ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Materials engineers are keen to exploit the outstanding mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for applications in fibers, composites, fabrics and other larger-scale ...

Aastha Spintex has announced the acquisition of Falcon Yarns, which will more than double its spinning capacity to 17,457 MT ...