It’s easy to turn unwanted pieces of cloth into fun home décor. By Emma Grillo After more than a year spent at home and with spring in full swing, you may be feeling the urge to brighten your space ...

If you are new to weaving, making a rag rug is an excellent introduction to this rhythmic and methodical craft. Most likely, you have every thing you need at home: cardboard, string and fabric scraps.

When the author of an instructional book on weaving has taught weaving for 30 years, readers can trust they're in good hands. That's surely the case with this, the first book by the author, full of ...

Making stuff with your own hands can be very rewarding. Not only do you get the satisfaction of being creative, but research shows do-it-yourself hobbies relieve stress. So when my childhood friend ...

Photo provided Dee Nierman’s mother is shown in the past at the 1864 loom that Nierman uses today. Rag-rug maker Dee Nierman lets it be known right at the top of a conversation that, at 87 years old, ...

Dianna Soehren is helping Milan Village Arts School create a dedicated weaving studio with a goal to increase the types of classes offered. Mary Ann Nelson, of Alberta, works on weaving a rag rug ...

As weaving skills are evaporating in Finland, so is the ability to design rag rugs.

Old, tattered blue jeans and faded, threadbare curtains, tablecloths and bed sheets are hot items at Dennis Memorial Library. There, a half-dozen women cut them into strips that they weave into ...

As part of its ongoing Casual Conversations series, the Fairport Harbor Public Library will host a lecture and demonstration by retired educator and Fairport Harbor resident Rebecca Steinback on the ...