A good sweater is like a cozy hug made out of yarn. For that, you can thank friction. A new study reveals how knit fabrics can take on versatile shapes that allow them to conform to the contours of a ...

Knitted fabrics like a scarf or socks are highly elastic, capable of stretching as much as twice their length, but individual strands of yarn hardly stretch at all. It’s the way those strands form an ...

Performance art, in its multiple, complex, and — let’s face it — occasionally head-scratching forms, can be the most direct path to an artist’s psyche. Even under the most controlled circumstances, ...

A sample of a new material at an Auburn University lab looks like ordinary fabric. But it’s designed to solve one specific problem. “We’ve discovered a unique knit: By its geometric structure, it ...

A RISE in the popularity of knitting has brought a boost in business for a York fabric shop. To meet the surge in demand Fletchers Fabrics, in Auster Road, has added a new line of knitting wool and ...

If you've got big dreams for your life but don't know where to start on the journey of pursuing them, setting goals and time limitations will help. Successful people are simply those with successful ...

Drive around the Shetland Islands in the far north of Scotland, and at least one thing is immediately apparent: It's home to a lot of sheep. They're everywhere — wandering along the roadsides and on ...