LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE KEEPING THOSE TRADITIONS ALIVE. I’VE. NEW ENGLAND HAS A STORIED HISTORY WITH TEXTILE MILLS, ESPECIALLY WOOL. IN CANTON, ONE PROPERTY HOUSES TWO BUSINESSES WITH MORE THAN 250 YEARS ...

Montale in northern Italy can have been one of the earliest centres in Europe for production of wool during the Bronze Age. Production may also have been on an industrial scale. Archaeologist Serena ...

The global textile industry has several historic centres, but only one place is internationally recognised for producing the ...

Each year, the Wool Festival at the Pioneer Museum sets out to tell the complete history of wool, from the lamb to the wool socks in your drawer. With a slogan of "Sometimes the sheep win," this ...

I think I last darned a sock in the 1960s, although I went on knitting until well into the 1970s. By then manufacturers were producing woollen-based goods that were cheaper than home-made alternatives ...