Most bacteria, including many bacterial pathogens, are surrounded by an outer protective layer of sugar molecules, known as a capsule. This primarily protects the bacteria from environmental ...

The University of Cincinnati's DAAP acquired a state-of-the-art digital knitting machine, boosting its textile innovation ...

Breezy Johnson knits a new headband or hat before every race. The one she wore for Olympics gold medal downhill run will be auctioned for charity.

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I don’t like reading “polyester,” “acrylic,” or “nylon” on care-instruction tags, but I couldn’t help getting a little itchy with all this talk of “natural fibers” recently. (I don’t even want to ...

All metaphors about knitting and writing have already been made: storytellers and knitters both spin yarns, tie up loose ends and hunt for new material. The vocabulary of each is tangled up in the ...

Winter in northern India can be surprisingly harsh. As temperatures drop at night, the cold becomes a serious concern for the rescued elephants living at the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and ...

Anne Schramm, the founder of the Wommelsdorff label, says machinery is never used in the creation of its sweaters and accessories. By Heike Blümner Reporting from Berlin In 2011, Anne Schramm left a ...

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