When I buy yarn from a yarn shop, I generally prewash the skeins. Yarns coming from unknown sources can be treated with softeners or finishing agents–these substances can have color-altering ...

Dubbed QuantumColor, the yarn dyeing process significantly reduces resource consumption, using just 0.5 liters of water per kilogram of yarn. The technology also eliminates the need for bleaching, pre ...

“Dyeing is chemistry,” she says. “Although the process we use is a simple, heat-and-acid-vinegar process to set the colors, the chemistry behind it involves the binding of a color molecule to a wool ...

Injecting new vigor into the U.S. textile supply chain, Meridian Specialty Yarn Group has opened a high-tech yarn-dyeing plant adjacent to its current operations in Valdese, N.C. The company said the ...