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A month into opening, Peninsula Flock Knits — a new yarn store open in Burlingame — is bringing a farm-to-needle approach to knitting with the…
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Keeping fabrics out of the trash and freed from the drawer, Redwood City-based artist Amy Poltorak is doing her best to make sure unused texti…
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Filled to the brim with more than 500 different yarns of varying colors, material and weights, Cottage Yarns is the perfect destination for an…
Now I know what you're thinking - "Ironing satin seems so scary!" You're not alone. From table linens to satin gowns for bridesmaids, many peo…
China is the world's largest textile producer and consumer, throwing away 26 million tons of clothes each year, mostly made of unrecyclable synthetics. A recycling factory in Zhejiang province on China's east coast that repurposes discarded cotton clothes is trying to deal with the urgent waste problem. So, too, are young innovative designers in Shanghai, by remaking old garments into new ones or creating clothing out of other waste items, such as plastic bottles, fishing nets, flour sacks and even pineapple leaves. But these efforts are dwarfed by giant brands churning out cheap synthetic garments for a rampant consumer base spreading rapidly across the world. Experts believe real change is only possible through an elusive zero-waste workflow or Chinese government intervention.
Moving to a new location can be an exciting adventure, but it also involves a lot of planning and preparation. Packing is one of the most cruc…
A grand jury has indicted a man who was already charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, allowing prosecutors to skip a planned weeklong preliminary hearing that was set for late June. Bryan Kohberger was arrested late last year and charged with burglary and four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the Nov. 13, 2022, slayings of four students at a rental home near the University of Idaho campus. At the time, Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology at nearby Washington State University. A preliminary hearing had been scheduled for June 26, but now that will be skipped and the case will go directly to a district judge.
The day after the Super Bowl there were two headlines that caught my eye. The first described a “controversial penalty call” decried as a “bad…
Sheriff’s deputies are on the lookout for a man who sexually assaulted a woman on the stairwell leading to the beach at Gray Whale Cove State …
EMPOWERING THREADS: TEXTILES OF JOLOM MAYAETIK, AT THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT MUSEUM. A unique and dedicated community of Mayan artisans are we…
