About 5,000 families cultivate silk in Afghanistan -- harvesting silkworm cocoons that are then spun into yarn. Most of these cocoons are exported abroad, with about 40 percent spun into thread in ...

Since the Industrial Revolution, spinning yarn and thread by hand has slipped from being an everyday household practice to a rare skill, but it's not a lost art. Dawn Barker, who uses a spinning wheel ...

4-H volunteer Lindsay McHugh, right, assists Aileen Gravot, 12, and her mom Christine make a macrame bracelet during a 4-H Yarn Club meeting, in Pitman, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Linda McHugh’s Pitman ...

MEGHALAYA: From teaching children stories to spinning silk, Meghalaya’s Konica Maiong has found a new path that has transformed her life. A year ago, the 36-year-old teacher was juggling two modest ...

Malda, July 6: The traditional calling of raising silkworms and spinning fabric from their cocoons is set to get a boost with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) taking up ...