We've rounded up the best natural fiber rugs—including sisal, jute, and abaca—on the market, according to designers.

He recalled how people would bring their scraps of old clothing and sheets to his grandfather and grandmother, Susan, asking Peter to make rugs out of the material. It was the beginning of what is now ...

Hazel’s sidekick is a handmade rag doll with voodoo-ish, metaphysical powers. The imaginary South of Midnight world is also infested with malevolent ghoulish “haints” that must be fended off ...

She was lauded as an exceptional painter. Now a new exhibition highlights something entirely different: rag rugs. Tullie House in Carlisle is hosting Winifred Nicholson: Cumbrian Rag Rugs. Revealing ...

Debbie Barisa of Scenery Hill also has been a member for more than 20 years. “I went to a craft festival and saw a lady weave rag rugs,” she said. “I started researching and ended up meeting a couple ...

“I went to a craft festival and saw a lady weave rag rugs,” she said. “I started researching and ended up meeting a couple of the ladies.” Barisa met Byrne, who encouraged her to buy a ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. An exhibition featuring rare rag rugs is set to open in Carlisle. The Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery will host the 'Winifred Nicholson ...

There’s tons of variability within both categories — woven rugs can range from a hardy rag rug to a fluffy, long-fibered flokati area rug, for example. Both kinds of rugs can be washable ...

Handmade by artisans committed to fair labor ... but it looks like a traditional rag-braided rug. Dirt and debris are easily vacuumed or shaken off this rug while mud, which creeps into the ...

Historically, when your clothes were beyond repair, they were shredded up and made into something else - usually rugs and baskets ... be exploring two methods of rag rugging: looping and progging.