the knitty professors

Apparently, bamboo does not necessarily make something eco-friendly. According to the Federal Trade Commission , bamboo textiles are simply ...

Viscose, or rayon, was first developed in 1855, by George Audemars. Commercial production didn’t begin until 1891, and wasn’t practicable un...

In 1851, British chemist John Mercer discovered that treating cotton yarn with sodium hydroxide brought about changes in the fiber. Mercer...

It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. During World War II, wool was in short supply, in part because it was required t...

My mother is a great seamstress and a very crafty lady, and I learned to sew things as a child as part of our crafting. (The first thing I ...

I stumbled on this info from a 1883 book on microscopy, called Evenings at the Microscope by Philip Henry Gosse. Gosse examines hairs from ...