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 ...

Researchers in Europe have threaded their chemical needles to create a fabric woven, not from fibers, but from individual organic threads. Many woven materials, such as the fabric used in clothing and ...

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 ...