Especially if you are like me and are on re-watch 20 of “Big Bang Theory” — it might be time for a hobby.

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got at least one half-finished craft project lurking in a basket somewhere. Maybe it’s a ...

If you've been waiting for the perfect excuse to dust off your sewing machine, pull out your yarn stash, or finally learn how to decorate cupcakes like those magical people on TV, Craftsy just handed ...

The garden is frozen solid, and the appeal of venturing outdoors has plummeted along with the temperature. Staring out the window at a bleak landscape can get old fast. When it’s too cold to take a ...

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 ...

Obertshausen – Warp knitting machine builder Karl Mayer has launched a new raschel machine aimed at knitting mills requiring greater production efficiency, particularly when they require frequent ...

Abstract: The circular knitting machine plays a vital role in the textile industry, with the surface quality of its triangular line grooves directly affecting fabric performance. Existing detection ...

A new 3D printing concept has been developed — or is it just knitting? Researchers from Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon have unveiled a working prototype that could redefine how textiles are ...

A research team from Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon University has developed a prototype knitting machine that can build arbitrarily rigid three-dimensional structures by layering stitches ...

If you find 3D printers to be just a little too coldly futuristic, this contraption might be more to your liking. Scientists from Cornell University have created a machine that knits solid 3D objects ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – A new prototype of a knitting machine creates solid, knitted shapes, adding stitches in any direction – forward, backward and diagonal – so users can construct a wide variety of shapes ...

Knitting may soon move beyond sweaters and scarves. A team of researchers at Cornell and Carnegie Mellon University has built a prototype knitting machine that can create solid, three-dimensional ...