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The User-Friendly Website Now Contains Over 2,500 Hand-Restored Vintage Patterns OSWEGO, N.Y., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Free Vintage Crochet, a website that features over 2,500 vintage crochet patterns, is currently celebrating its eighth anniversary. Every pattern that is featured on the site has been hand-restored, and can be downloaded directly from the website at no cost, or printed out. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130503/CG07164) In the eight years that Free...
Polytex USA launches new yarn generation called Star CALHOUN, Ga., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Key Messages: Polytex® USA introduces its new Star shaped artificial turf monofilament yarn produced at its Calhoun, GA facility. The new Star shape maintains its durability with a thickness of 315 Microns while enhancing the yarns aesthetic properties with extra wide blades for a more natural look and better coverage of infill. The ability to make artificial turf look more...
New Website Connects Knitters with Thousands of Yarn-Related Places and Events Reston, VA (PRWEB) March 27, 2013 MapMuse today announced the release of YarnPlaces.com, a map-based web portal to yarn shops, knitting events, knitting groups, and fiber farms. Knitters can now locate, learn about, and connect with places across America that cater to their hobby. “We built YarnPlaces to help knitters everywhere find great yarn shops, knitting events, and more – but also to give them a...
ANSONVILLE, N.C., Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Premiere Fibers, a global industry leader in the development and production of specialized performance fine denier yarns for branded apparel and technical fabric applications, announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Verdezyne, a privately held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable bio-based chemicals. Verdezyne will supply its bio-based adipic acid to Premiere Fibers for use in their...
Yarn muscles could power robots, micromotors, intelligent textiles New artificial muscles made from nanotech yarns and infused with paraffin wax can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight and generate 85 times more mechanical power during contraction than the same size natural muscle, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and their international team from Australia, China, South Korea, Canada and Brazil. The artificial muscles are yarns constructed from...
BERLIN, N.J., Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- East Coast retailer A.C. Moore Arts and Crafts' 141 stores (www.acmoore.com) is celebrating "I LOVE YARN" Day on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Sponsored by the Craft and Yarn Council of America, the day celebrates the 38 million Americans who craft with yarn, whether through knitting, crocheting, weaving or other activities. More and younger Americans are knitting and crocheting, according to a recent survey with more than one third of...
CHENGDU, China, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Believing midsummer is one of the times when fashion magic is strongest, global fashion supplier Milanoo has updated its own understanding of midsummer fashion styles, releasing the midsummer fashion collection. Essential items of brilliant white, colored, tribal prints and crochet & lace styles in this collection make trendy events for any ambitious woman who dresses to dazzle at home, work and play. In 2012 midsummer days, the...
LOVELAND, Colo., March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Interweave, the largest art and craft media company in the world, is offering over one hundred free eBooks to download. To download the free eBooks, go to: http://www.interweave.com/free-eBooks-videos/ In honor of National Craft Month, Interweave is featuring beginner eBooks to encourage crafters and artists to learn a new craft or share their passion with others. Users can download collections of free craft projects, and...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Future U.S., a leading special-interest media group, today announced that its popular knitting magazine, Knitting Today!, will be changing the name of its publication to Your Knitting Life (YKL), effective with the release of its annual February/March "Love" issue. To coincide with the name change, YKL will roll out a new logo and website. The magazine will continue to be available at the same retailers and outlets as Knitting...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FuturePlus-produced magazine, Crochet Today, is premiering its first "music issue" for the January/February cover date, on sale December 6. This special issue will feature: More than 24 patterns with musical themes, such as a "Stevie Shawl" designed by The Double Stitch Twins and the "Purple Haze" sweater, which will be the featured magazine cover project Fun and romantic Valentine's Day ideas inspired by love songs, such as the...
