Elaine Lippitt of Commerce Township found herself on the receiving end about 26 years ago when a friend’s mother asked if she’d be interested in learning how to crochet rag rugs. Her own ...

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Photo provided Dee Nierman’s mother is shown in the past at the 1864 loom that Nierman uses today. Rag-rug maker Dee Nierman lets it be known right at the top of a conversation that, at 87 years ...