At first, primitive rug hooking was practiced mainly by the poorer classes, but it grew into an art form prized by all, Smiley explains. People used established patterns as well as those of their own ...

DAVENPORT, Ia. – A length of burlap-colored linen is stretched taut across a square wooden frame on a pedestal. In one hand, Beth Anne Smiley holds a thin strip of colorful wool under the linen, and ...

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 ...

On Sunday, May 1 from 1 to 4 p.m., fiber artists Lucy Walsh and Sharon Ballard will display their handcrafted hooked rugs at the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead. Walsh and Ballard will be on-hand to share ...

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 ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Originally a pastime for sailors on long-distance voyages in the 1800s, rug hooking was brought into popular culture around the 1940s by Pearl McGown in Massachusetts. Her ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. WARDSBORO — A “Falling Stars” hooked rug handmade by Linda Gifkins, a fiber artist in town, is the prize in the Wardsboro Public Library’s 4th of July ...