Make a rug such as this one from recycled wool blankets and clothing. Use old wool blankets, skirts and suits as the material for a braided rag rug and keep old wool out of landfills. The tradition of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Helen Condon has been making braided rugs since she was 18. At 85, she's built a legacy that reaches far beyond the North ...

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 ...

Letty Klein, co-author of the book, “The Shepherd’s Rug,” will be teach participants how to make a braided rug out of roving. This will be a hands-on program from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept.

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 ...

Jean Roper of Wind Gap sat on the floor of Bethlehem’s Sun Inn in her stocking feet as she laced heavy black thread through thick braids of wool fabric. Nearby, several other women chatted in the ...