LOS ANGELES — Whether it’s a luxury automobile, a couture gown or a special vintage of wine, even those who aren’t collectors and connoisseurs recognize that perceived rarity and quality drive up ...

This project explores the functional/aesthetic possibilities of e-textiles that emerge from hand-spinning custom e-textile materials. The yarns and swatches we have created look to demonstrate a ...

The Santa Monica Public Library will host a free yarn-spinning workshop on Saturday, July 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Montana Avenue Branch. Volunteers from the Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild will ...

Hand knitters salivate over the rich colors and tonal shifts of hand-dyed yarns. “Hand dyes turn even simple stitches into something special,” says Alexandra Parks, founder of Dashing Mouse Designs.

Perched on the bank of Higgins Stream, 20 miles north of Skowhegan in the tiny village of Harmony, the Bartlettyarns woolen mill looks every bit its age. The metal siding, though freshly painted blue, ...

For this project I combined two threads, one solid colored polyester sewing thread and a metallic embroidery thread to add a little reflective shimmer. Lexi Boeger’s newest book Hand Spun (Quarry ...