If you plan to attend the upcoming Michigan Fiber Festival and you already have a closet or basement filled with wool, you may be a fiber addict. But I'm not here to judge, folks. It takes one to know ...

ROCK SPRINGS | The Rock Springs Public Library, 101 First St., will hold a workshop on making braided rugs at 7 p.m. Thursday. Join Raina and Kathy Roloff, two generations of rug makers, as they teach ...

Braided rugs: Five great tips for choosing one for your home Donna Willis of Yankee Pride shared these no-fail tips for choosing the perfect braided rug for your home. • Material. Wool is the most ...

There's only a small sign advertising Rapchinski Rugs at Dawn Rapchinski's home along Main Street, Ephrata, but over the last 20 years, she's hand-braided 389 rugs and chair pads. Rapchinski's ...

it is ironic that Thorndike Mills greets visitors to its new website with the words “the only true manufacturer of cloth braided rugs, just like your grandmother used to make,” because the company was ...

SOMERS, Mont. — So many skills that were once part of everyday life are becoming rarer or disappearing altogether. Maybe that's why one of the best gifts passed from one generation to the next is the ...

When I was growing up, we lived in a farmhouse that was built on a concrete slab. Mom covered our slick tile floor in the living room with a large braided rug to warm things up a bit. This rug became ...

When her daughter Kari moved from home into an apartment five years ago, Nancy Young decided it was time to rekindle an old flame . . . much to the pleasure of her family and friends. No, Nancy did ...

Before video hosting services such as YouTube became available, sharing one’s skills as a crafter were of paramount importance for keeping them alive so future generations could produce such works ...

TILTON, N.H. (AP) - In 1968, after 15 years of work, Janice Jurta’s father-in-law, George, got a patent for a machine that braided the wool needed for rugs. With his new invention in hand, George ...