Those of us who to textile work may own a sewing machine and even if we’re really into it and have the funds, an overlocker. But there’s another machine in that field that few of us will have, and ...

A large hacker camp attracts attendees from all over the world, and at the recent Electromagnetic Field in the UK there were certainly plenty of international visitors. Probably one of those with the ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. A venerable sage from Putney once said, “Few things in life are better than a well-crafted pair of socks.” Many people who used the Bickford Family ...

When I was a baby, my grandma knit me an impressive range of little booties and blankets. I’ve been worried that I will utterly fail at my grandmotherly duties when I eventually have grandchildren ...

Who says knitting is for geriatrics? Thanks to a new Kickstarter project, it could be the newest hobby for millennials, too. That’s the hope of the creators of Kniterate, the digital knitting machine ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. • A family-run machine shop in south Cape Girardeau has been the unlikely center of a revival of the knitting ...

OLIVE TOWNSHIP -- The first time our paths crossed, Mike Bronkema was sporting an Olive Township Fire Rescue T-shirt and knitting a pink sock on a hand-crank antique circular sock knitting machine. We ...

They don’t make them like they used to, the old- timers always say. But even the crustiest old coot might express surprise at the hand-hammered toughness that has preserved one of the most complicated ...

Warp knitted corduroy innovations are particularly exciting for home textile manufacturers. The distinctive ribbed structures ...