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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gary Smith and Tom Cofer will take participants from rags to riches Saturday with a rag rug-weaving demonstration and tatter party. Smith and Cofer will give the demonstration from 10 a.m. to noon ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The rag rag is unique for being ubiquitous. From the High Atlas Mountains to the Scandinavian archipelagos, ...

In the rug her family made of twisted knots of flannel, cotton and polyester, AnneMarie Lewis will always be able to find her scrap. “This right here,” she said Sunday, running her finger across a ...

What's your pandemic project? Have you used your time at home during the pandemic to tackle a project you've always wanted to do, but didn't have the time? Build bookshelves? Create a chicken coop?

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 ...

There's a hidden treasure in the basement of the Duluth Art Institute's Lincoln Building -- more floor looms than you can shake a stick at. At least a dozen of the beautiful, big looms fill the Fiber ...