One night, a group of spinners broke into Hargreaves' house and destroyed his jennies. Alarmed, Hargreaves moved to ...
The King’s Knit-Wit is a continuation of a business that was founded in the previous decade in Cartersville, Ga., but entered ...
Three family-run makers from the Aran Islands, Killarney, and Donegal offer timeless, quality gifts for this holiday season.
As a traditional cotton spinner working from home in her village in northern India, Anita Devi was long resigned to having sore hands, meagre income and a constant struggle to make ends meet.
The eighteenth-century cotton entrepreneur reminds us that cutting-edge knowledge often resides in brains, not books.
Excerpted with permission from the publisher Economica: A global history of women, wealth and power, ‎ Victoria Bateman, ...
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Modi's Big Swadeshi Push

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Swadeshi movement has flourished, transforming Khadi into a symbol of economic empowerment and national pride. Since 2014, sales and production of Khadi have ...
Me: Iceland has knitting tours! I think we need to do this. Mom: I’m in. That is how it started. Eight days, 14 women, a tour van, a trailer and yarn. Lots and lots of yarn. Sep ...
A total of 683 Wetherspoon pubs will be open across the UK on Christmas Day this year, the company has confirmed.
North Carolina's mountains, valleys, and towns come alive each year with festivals that honor the hands and hearts of local ...
Australia's new Nissan Navara is finally official, sharing much of its construction with the Mitsubishi Triton.
Nissan has dropped a big hint of what the production version of the next-generation Navara Warrior off-road ute might look like.