It's a tale as old as 2020: One day, I was in the NPR office making after-work plans with friends; the next, I was taking my laptop home to work remotely for "just a few weeks." A few weeks later, I ...

Patience, as the old saw goes, is a virtue – it’s just not one of ours. In our Christmas Day column we mentioned that we were so taken with weaving on the featured children’s loom that we ordered an ...

“While weaving can be inherently complex and technical, it provides a fantastic framework for creative expression,” writes Daly at the start of her gorgeous introduction to weaving. Daly, a textile ...

Starting with its introduction to the area around the time of the Sujin Emperor (purportedly near the 1st century CE), Yuki, Ibaraki, has been one of the premier providers of high quality silk ...

Chengdu Shu Brocade and Embroidery Museum showcases the best brocades in China. Guide Yan Hua walked me into a room where two people were busy working on a loom. It is no ordinary loom. The greater ...

I’m in the kitchen with Francisco Bautista on a hot summer day and he’s holding a jar of dead bugs. He scoops a few into his hand, adds a couple drops of lime juice, and as he begins crushing the bugs ...

BANGUED, Abra(PIA) — Innovation initiatives of the government through the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) involve the fusion of Abra’s Abel and Japanese Textiles to craft innovative, ...

1752: Joseph Marie Jacquard is born in Lyon, France. The weaver and inventor would create the first programmable power loom, revolutionize the weaving industry and lay the foundation for modern data ...