Mary Bajcz, who came to the Detroit News Stitch-Together in May, has an amazing talent for turning scraps of wool fabric, leftover yarn and discarded wool garments into beautifully handcrafted rag ...

They can be fine art or as practical as a potholder. While the origins of hooked rugs date to the Vikings, modern rug hooking really was born here in New England. With Hook in Hand, which opened in ...

When a Canadian client was looking for an entryway rug that could stand up to heavy traffic, dirt, snow and gravel, she settled on a hand-knotted wool rug. Sound crazy? Not really, says Jenni Leister ...

Patty Yoder, H is for Hannah & Sarah, A Civil Union, 2000. Credit: Courtesy of Shelburne Museum In the world of rug hooking, Patty Yoder is legendary. The medium, which consists of looping lengths of ...

They are thick, they are soft, and they are the "it" rug showing up in a long list of home-decorating magazines. Dash & Albert rugs are casually chic handcrafted floor coverings made of natural ...

Editor's note: This is the fifth story in an ongoing series about interesting hobbies in and around the Norwalk area. If you have an interesting hobby you would like profiled, contact Staff Writer ...

DAVENPORT -- In 1959, when Beth Anne Smiley was a child, a runner on the stairwell in the home of a family friend caught her eye. It was made of vintage wool -- the friend had cut all of the wool by ...

Designing a room around the patterns and colors of an area rug is the ideal way to go, most interior decorators say. But for many of us, the typical challenge is finding a rug that will work with what ...

If the arrival of spring has you yearning to refresh your living space, a stylish rug can work wonders in revitalising a room with minimal effort. Dusk's ongoing sale offers the perfect opportunity to ...