DISCOVERIES ALONG THE WAY. IN WILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A LOCAL COUPLE IS RETURNING TO THE NEW ENGLAND TRADITION OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION, ALBEIT ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. WE TAKE IN WOOL FROM CUSTOMERS, ...

If you’ve been outside in the last decade, you’ve likely noticed that wool—one of the world’s oldest performance fibers—is having a bit of a moment right now. Long the material of choice for ...

Archaeologists working near Søften, roughly 10 km north of Aarhus, have exposed a textile production complex spanning the ...

The gears, belts and drums of the 65-year-old wool-processing machine began to turn, slowly at first, then faster and faster as it started singing its high-pitched song. "Ready!" Brad Strohm hollered, ...

The study, initiated by the industry’s peak body WoolProducers Australia and completed by Deloitte Access Economics, has shown early stage processing could be completed in Vietnam, India and ...

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Portugal, Bangladesh, Latin America, Cambodia and Africa have all emerged in Australian Wool Innovation’s emerging markets strategy as avenues worth pushing to sell more fibre. The goal of the ...

Biella, Italy, has been renowned for premium wool production for centuries. The town's clean alpine water is crucial for wool processing. Biella supplies wool to top fashion brands globally. The ...

The event is a fundraiser for the ministry, and teaches attendees techniques such as washing, picking, carding, drop spinning, spinning wheel ...