Patience, as the old saw goes, is a virtue – it’s just not one of ours. In our Christmas Day column we mentioned that we were so taken with weaving on the featured children’s loom that we ordered an ...

They say the key to learning something is to have fun while you are learning and you'll remember it better. Today I went On the Road to the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind to find out about a new tool ...

1752: Joseph Marie Jacquard is born in Lyon, France. The weaver and inventor would create the first programmable power loom, revolutionize the weaving industry and lay the foundation for modern data ...

The seemingly humble flying-shuttle loom, originally built to make the weaving of wide cloth faster and easier, stood at the threshold between the largely handcrafted world of the past and the ...

It's a tale as old as 2020: One day, I was in the NPR office making after-work plans with friends; the next, I was taking my laptop home to work remotely for "just a few weeks." A few weeks later, I ...

Shuttles and Needles, a textile design academy, seeks to simplify and promote the art of weaving. From portable to wifi-operated looms, it’s got it all to suit needs of both beginners and advanced ...

Judy Allen stands in a rustic metal barn on Broadway Avenue in east Stockton and looks upon an enterprise taking shape on the cusp of the new millennium. Futuristic is hardly a word that can be used ...

More than 500 kids and adults built a 29,040-foot-long Rainbow Loom chain in Tustin on Saturday in an attempt to set a Guinness world record. Eager participants braved the rain to help Max Wilford, a ...

Weaver Chris Brashear irons a newly woven dish towel in Nantucket Looms' second-floor studio. Edgar B. Herwick III is the guy behind GBH’s Curiosity Desk, where he answers your questions and explores ...