Fibre and fabric

The Burn Test / Trial By Fire. By burning small swatches of a mystery fabric, and analysing how the fabric burns, what it smells like and what sort of residue is left over, we can get pretty close - if not bang on - to identifying the fibre the fabric is made up of. Here's how to perform a burn test.

If you’ve never knit with cotton yarn before, you’ll need to know how this fiber behaves, feels, and looks. Truly, before beginning any knitting project,

Learn how easy it is to hand paint yarn with this step by step yarn dyeing tutorial. You, too can make your own beautiful yarns!

It might be surprising to learn that you can iron leather, if you do so on a low heat and use heavy paper to protect it, or in the case of linen, a press cloth

Flour resist with dye

list of Useful Guides on Different Types of Fabric Name that you should definitely know to perfectly differentiate them from each other and grab the best one. There are numerous categories that one can classify a fabric into. So it’s really important for you to know the apt names of the Fabric and how they look like.

This little project is something that’s been in my brain for quite some time now! It’s part of the reason I keep all the thread & fabric bits. I used yarn ends & thread sketching to create a “winter” tree. This turned out way better than I’d hoped & was so much fun to do! […] Read more...

Threads does its fabric shopping in some fabulous shops, where do you shop?

A stylish new way to look at style.