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 ...

In 1959, when Beth Anne Smiley was a child, a runner on the stairwell of a family friend made of vintage wool caught her eye. The friend had cut all of the wool by hand out of her husband's good wool ...

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 ...

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 ...

Family • Husband Paul, married 28 years, and son Benjamin of Cape Girardeau, Mo. What she makes • Traditional hooked art and rugs, supplies, pattern books and instructional guides How to buy • Shop ...

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 ...

TROY, Vt. (AP) - Carolyn Buttolph likes to like to makes things people can use. She hooks rugs, everything from pot holders to large rugs, and leads a class on rug hooking at the Vermont Quilters’ ...

It's hasn't quite reached lost-art status yet, but the craft of hand-hooking rugs definitely is a hobby and passion that should be embraced by more people. That opinion comes from Wilma Hill, the ...

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 ...

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 ...