MANKATO — What is it about making handmade clothes? Is it knowing that thought and care went into its creation rather than simply picking it from a store’s shelf? Or is it the pleasure of knowing that ...

I had a lot of fun dyeing Easter eggs this year with my family. We used a bunch of different materials and experimented to see what worked and what failed. The problem is that the eggs were destined ...

When Diane Ivey brought her hand-dyed yarn to her first national trade show in 2014, she realized she was the only Black vendor in a room of more than 300 other attendees. From that moment, she ...

Hand knitters salivate over the rich colors and tonal shifts of hand-dyed yarns. “Hand dyes turn even simple stitches into something special,” says Alexandra Parks, founder of Dashing Mouse Designs.

I have tried for a long time to come up with an awesome way to dye yarn and other fabrics using household items. Of course, you can always use actual dyes, or perhaps tea bags depending on what hue ...

The fiber arts have gained more popularity, particularly after the pandemic, as the trend of an analog life — less phones and ...

Name: Kate Chiocchio Age: 51 Where you live: Kensington, Md. What is the one piece of equipment that you can’t live without?: “An old, ugly, small serving spoon that was part of the stainless set that ...

Capturing the raw beauty of the Pacific Northwest is no small challenge. Many artists have tried over the decades and when successful – when their art speaks to that little piece of our soul forever ...

Roxanne Yeun doesn’t know precisely when she first thought to interweave art and yarn. More than a decade ago, she visited the Dalí Museum in Florida with her husband, Neville, and became curious ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - A table is set up in the corner of the room and holds several steam pans. Another is adjacent holding plastic containers of fiber reactive dye. Although the space is not huge, ...