In the core of a knitting machine or at the tips of a skilled knitter’s needles, a strand of fiber can be transformed into anything from a delicate scarf to a bulletproof vest. But different knitting ...

If you consider yourself a master of the yarn but have grown tired of knitting socks, sweaters, and scarves, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Textiles Lab are about to breath new life into ...

*I should probably find a way to stop grinning at this, as it's not in fact funny. It's sublime. *For instance, using this insight, one oughta be able to knit up a giant steel sock pronto using ...