Core-spun yarns represent an advanced class of textile structures in which a robust central filament is enveloped by a sheath of staple fibres. This hybrid construction offers superior mechanical ...

Textile importers have urged the government to withdraw the 2% regulatory duty imposed on spun yarn, arguing it can substantially hurt the textile industry as well as exporters. Federation of Pakistan ...

In the new BOH series What I Wish Designers Knew, we ask an industry expert to share the ins and outs of their category in the market—including how designers can evaluate materials, make informed ...

This project explores the functional/aesthetic possibilities of e-textiles that emerge from hand-spinning custom e-textile materials. The yarns and swatches we have created look to demonstrate a ...

Pallipalayam, a small town near Erode in Tamil Nadu, is in the middle of the US-China trade war. The town is a significant hub in India for producing Viscose Spun Yarn (VSY) used in knitted and woven ...

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has urged the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to expedite the decision on exempting further tax on supplies by manufacturers of spun yarn. Waqar ...

Like knitting and crocheting, spinning — the process of twisting fibers together to make yarn — is enjoying a comeback. Textile artists want “to control the front end of their yarn,” says Sarah ...

What comes after Earth Day? An avalanche of socks. A North Carolina nonprofit called Material Return has teamed with Smartwool, a major American clothing producer, to collect 400,000 pairs of socks ...

For more than a century, a textile plant in rural Virginia spun yarn and jobs out of American cotton. Now that 109-year run ...