Q I bought a sewing box and contents at an estate sale recently. In it were things I couldn’t identify a name or use for. This item is 2 ½ inches long. It is in two parts like a clamshell, and I think ...

Apr. 9, 2001 - BAYFIELD - Living and working amid the windswept fields and dusty back roads of this rugged ranching community, the husky Houtz brothers measure up and then some. "Pick it up," 6-foot-5 ...

The unlikely resurgence of the craft is far removed from its Victorian lacemaking roots Don’t tell a tatter she practises a lost art. And don’t mention doilies. The next-generation tatters want to ...