ROCK SPRINGS — Mary Huff provided instruction on making rag rugs during the Busy Hands Section meeting of the Woman's Club of Rock Springs. She provided the rags and crochet hooks needed if members ...

Participants can learn the tradition of grain painting wood at a one-day workshop scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. at the Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, ...

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

After World War II and a stint in the Army, I came back to my job. Instead of 72 hours a week, my work week was 40 hours. I found it difficult to support my five children and my wife. I looked around ...

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, ...

BROKEN BOW — Jennie Harvey hopes that through her newfound hobby turned business, she’ll be able to bring blessings into other people’s lives. In December, Harvey took some ideas from a couple friends ...

MCADOO, Pa. — Rag Rugs are stylish (think farmhouse chic) and durable. Ace Rug Works owned by the Chichowic family has been making these beautiful rugs for over 100 years! Jackie Lewandoski stopped by ...