The Common Thread offers a “third space” for crafters seeking coffee, community and creativity. The Common Thread offers a wide range of yarns, tools and accessories, while workshops cover knitting, ...

The Common Thread, located in the St. Pete Warehouse Arts District, will be holding their grand opening Sunday Nov. 9 starting at 10 a.m. with the official "yarn cutting." Feds Suspend 7,000 Truckers ...

San Diego’s only local sewing store, Apricot Yarn in Liberty Station’s Arts District, will celebrate eight years this weekend. (Photo by Madeline Nguyen/Times of San Diego) You may call Sara Heckman ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Like any jazz artist, the ability to adapt and improvise is a welcome skill. For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, that skill reconciles years of ...

A teacher at Drakensburg Secondary School in South Africa is under investigation for allegedly cutting off a Hindu student's religious thread. The South African Hindu Maha Sabha has condemned the act, ...

Dianne Peters (front left) founded a knitting group in Shediac 10 years ago. The group now has 25 members, who donate warm clothes and blankets to scores of families. (Submitted by Heather Leighton) ...

Does your love of the periodic table extend to tying 200,000 tiny knots? That was the project that Jane Stewart of Surrey, England, undertook last summer. To honor the International Year of the ...

Since its founding in 1966, the weeklong holiday has been observed with candle lighting ceremonies, feasts, and reflections on past struggles and future hopes. Activist Maulana Karenga and his wife ...

While you can always head to the big-box craft stores that shall not be named (or worse, Amazon), why not buy local? From yarn stores that offer classes to storefronts that sell secondhand supplies, ...

Overloaded smugglers' boats attempting the risky journey across the Mediterranean — the image springs to mind when African migration to Europe is discussed. In reality, they're only a small part of ...

Founded by Nigerian designer Mariam Afolabi, Mazelle effortlessly merges West African, Victorian, and contemporary influences in her designs. Her latest collection, "Marie In The City," is a homage to ...