DAVENPORT, Ia. – A length of burlap-colored linen is stretched taut across a square wooden frame on a pedestal. In one hand, Beth Anne Smiley holds a thin strip of colorful wool under the linen, and ...

And by changing the colors of fabric and following a pattern drawn on the linen, a design emerges on the cloth — a flower, a horse or a chicken. Smiley is doing primitive rug hooking, a craft brought ...

Editor's note: This is the fifth story in an ongoing series about interesting hobbies in and around the Norwalk area. If you have an interesting hobby you would like profiled, contact Staff Writer ...