A new exhibition in Sleaford will celebrate the traditional craft of rag rug making. This summer, the Hub national centre of craft and design presents a touring exhibition devoted to the pioneering ...

Rag rugs, the kind Grandma used to make from worn-out sheets and bits of cloth, may seem like relics from a bygone era, but ...

Once there was a time when rag rugging would have been common practice in the hills of the Dales, crafting as a family in the warm firelight of a cold winter's night. Did you know with a Digital ...

DIY shag rugs made of old clothes are durable, attractive, easy to care for, and can be machine sewn in a few hours. After years of looking for the most durable, yet simplest homemade rugs to wash, I ...

A one-day class on rag rug making will be offered at New River Community and Technical College’s Nicholas County Campus this month. Students will learn how to make old time rag rugs, and New River CTC ...

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, ...

How Eija Rasinmaki reinvented a humble tradition for the modern world. By Aino Frilander Reporting from Helsinki, Finland Unlike many birthplaces of groundbreaking designs, Eija Rasinmaki’s weaving ...