FULL DISCLOSURE: I don't particularly like flowers or shiny metallic thread. Which makes my recent visit to the Textile Museum to check out two exhibitions -- the new "Floral Perspectives in Carpet ...

Weaving is one of humanity's oldest technologies. Directional threads called warps and wefts are guided over and under each other to form interlaced patterns, giving rise to a fabric that is stronger ...

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (April 4, 2019) -- Tufts University engineers have developed a novel fabrication method to create dyed threads that change color when they detect a variety of gases. The ...

Materials: Scissors; 3 to 5 colors of yarn; darning/tapestry needle; shed Stick (or a paint-stirring stick); dowel rod cut to 12 inches or shorter; 1-inch nails, hammer, and a pencil; wood board cut ...

Fashion and textiles may be among the last places you’d expect to see innovation. But college researchers in Florida have figured out a revolutionary fabric that can alter its color with a mild change ...

Scientists have developed a novel fabrication method to create dyed threads that change color when they detect a variety of gases. Woven into clothing, smart, gas-detecting threads could provide a ...