Those of us who to textile work may own a sewing machine and even if we’re really into it and have the funds, an overlocker. But there’s another machine in that field that few of us will have, and ...

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 ...

Flat knitting technology leader Shima Seiki of Wakayama, Japan will exhibit at Knit-Tech 2026 in Tirupur, India, in ...

Upload your design files and watch this 3-D printing-inspired machine, armed with 340 sewing needles, do its magic. If you’ve always wanted to make your own clothes, there’s now a relatively easy way ...

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