Barbara Stam worked the treadle of her floor loom so fluidly that it looked as though she were dancing. Nancy Spies picked up a bag and pulled out an intricately woven thin purple band brocaded in ...

Remember making friendship bracelets out of colored thread and sharing them with your friends? No? Then I must be older than you. Riding in on the coattails of friendship bracelets were slap-bracelets ...

The latest schoolyard craze to sweep the world eschews the digital gadgetry synonymous with our younger generation, for a colourful hobby the likes of which have been around for centuries. The looms ...