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

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 ...

The Loom Loft is new in the schoolhouse of Roscoe Village and features weaving demonstrations and classes on old-fashioned looms with Rami Sawyer. Three different classes are being offered at 10:30 ...

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 ...

Ginny Rajala shows off her “picture rug” in her Airway Heights home on Nov. 22. During the pandemic, Rajala, who’s made woven rugs for years, decided to start making rugs in the style woven by her ...

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.

PALMER — Unable to find a domestic source of wool cloth, Thorndike Mills owners Ed and Mitchell Garabedian are shutting down their manufacturing plant and retail store nearly a century after their ...

Katarina Evans: "In 2003, we were working on a project called Do Redo, where we made accessories out of woollen sweaters. This was a travelling exhibition; we published a book and we held workshops ...

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 ...