As Mother’s Day approaches or a loved one’s birthday looms, the quest for the perfect gift can feel like an uphill battle. We all strive to present something unique, thoughtful, and personal, but ...

The furniture of the future could be made from nothing more than two long strands of yarn. A prototype manufacturing machine developed at Carnegie Mellon University is transforming traditional textile ...

A new materials technique has taken cues from Grandma's yarn bag and cutting-edge technology, and it could see us 'solid knitting' whole furniture sets, as well as the fabrics that cover them. What's ...

Yes, you read that right– not benchy, but beanie, as in the hat. A toque, for those of us under the Maple Leaf. It’s not 3D printed, either, except perhaps by the loosest definition of the word: it is ...

Who says knitting is for geriatrics? Thanks to a new Kickstarter project, it could be the newest hobby for millennials, too. That’s the hope of the creators of Kniterate, the digital knitting machine ...

A large circular knitting machine is a mechanical device deployed in the textile industry to produce knitted fabrics on a large scale. The device comprises of a circular frame with numerous needles ...

Here’s a tight piece of Lego machinery, a machine that knits stuff. It’ll knit you a scarf, some knickers, or anything it damn well pleases. Made by Tom Johnson, the knitting machine is based on the ...

With its tidy racks of dress shirts, trousers and sweaters, the Ministry of Supply shop on Boston’s Newbury Street looks, in many ways, similar to other clothing stores. That is, except for the ...

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