A fiber arts demonstration featuring shepherds, wool spinners and drum carders at Frederick's North Market Farmers Market on Wednesday educated the public about the county's sheep industry. "The sheep ...

To spread the fibers evenly across the carder, take a lock and catch the cut end on the teeth, using an index finger to hold the cut end as you pull the lock forward and away from the teeth with the ...

Whether you are an experienced crafter chasing the perfect yarn or a beginner looking for an outlet for your creative talents, The Complete Guide to Spinning Yarn (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2012) by ...

"Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money. The giving of money has thus become our characteristic virtue.

AN important extension of the buildings of the Bradford Technical College was opened by Lord Rotherham on October 25. The extension takes the form of a model experimental mill, in which all processes ...

One hundred years old and still running. That's the 1916 Davis & Furber carding machine, known as The Card, at The Green Mountain Spinnery, a worker-owned cooperative in Putney that produces and sells ...

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Visit the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to see the first-ever retrospective of Diné fiber artist DY Begay and experience the love she holds for her homelands, expressed through ...