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 ...

Tuft the World is a textiles supplier that helped launch the trend of rug tufting, which refers to making a rug with a "gun" that punches yarn through a backing material in the form of a loop. The ...

I’ve always been a sucker for DIY trends on Instagram. I honestly could not tell you the number of polymer clay jewelry(opens in a new tab) accounts I’ve followed ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Savaree Hazard-Chaney is making history in the capital city. The Providence artist opened TuftxPVD, Rhode Island’s first Black-owned rug tufting studio, a few years ago.

"Carnivalesque," by Cathy LeVitre, on display at Pile Paragons, an exhibition of tufted artwork curated by Qualesha Wood, for TuftCon ’23. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) A new convention is coming to ...

A 60-year-old Chattanooga company that's a leading maker of tufting machines for the carpet industry is re-calibrating some operations to build safety screens to protect people from COVID-19. Tuftco ...