The art of rug making is extremely physically demanding, requiring hands-on work that can take a toll on the body. Local rug maker Tim Eads learned to tuft rugs six and half years ago with a handheld ...

Ill-fitting knit hats, Christmas ornaments that leak glitter, lopsided clay bowls. Sometimes, when it comes to crafting, you have to settle for process over product. Appreciating the journey and not ...

Wellness is about discovering stillness and joy in small creative moments. And there is nothing quite as fun as discovering a new passion to nourish both spirit and mind. Recently, Sachin Tendulkar's ...

Now that it's peak cozy season, you need a home that can be a comfy place for you to lounge in. You can easily make your home fit for snuggle weather with a fuzzy new rug to tie your space together.

“It’s a machine gun that shoots yarn," Heidi Blunt said of a tufting gun she uses. "… This thing is kind of violent." Twin Ports artist Heidi Blunt uses a tufting gun to create a carpet in the shape ...

For artist Nora Chin, humor is just as important as nostalgia when it comes to rugs. Credit: courtesy nora chin Nora Chin thinks about rugs all of the time. “I fall asleep at night thinking about rugs ...

During the pandemic, various throwback artisanal activities suddenly rose in popularity, presumably hearkening back to a simpler, more wholesome era when people slowly, carefully made things by hand ...

Dating back to 5 BCE, tufting is a technique used in the creation of textiles, which was later automated in 1930 with the invention of the tufting gun. From rugs to pillows and wall art, tufting is ...

Brittany Heyen, owner of High in Fiber, demonstrates how to use a tufting gun to make a rug on Nov. 20 at her store in Lincoln Square in Urbana. Brittany Heyen, owner of High in Fiber, paints flowers ...

No wonder, then, that the craft has become so popular over the last year, with the tag #tufttheworld amassing 57 million views on TikTok, while #punchneedle has 424,000 tags on Instagram. Turns out, ...