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 ...

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 ...

SOUTH BERWICK – Experience quintessential New England craft at "Hand-Hooked Rugs: New Works by Members of Seacoast Ruggers," an exhibit that will be on view beginning Friday, Sept. 14 through Saturday ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...