The scarecrow — which employees named Lulu — would hardly be the most fashionable pile of wood and straw in town, Santeford admitted. "But scarecrows are supposed to be scary," she said.

In 2003, she traveled to the Republic of Belarus for a conference on straw art. She’s passed on her love for the art to one of her sons, 15-year-old Tommy, who is also a talented wheat weaver.

Straw weaving is a widely practiced form of traditional Chinese handicraft. Using pliable plant materials such as bulrush and corn husks, artisans create figures that are both practical and ...

A group of teenage boys watching curiously as 85-year-old Olga Stephens demonstrate basic straw-weaving techniques is not a scene witnessed often in the rural community of Glengoffe, St Catherine.

A few weeks ago we talked about the Knifty Knitter Straw Weaver, a gadget that sells for about $3 and is used to weave belts, bracelets, purse straps and other narrow pieces. While we recommended ...

Its straw weaving industry covers 20 villages in the township. According to the county's government, Xifuji's annual production includes 30 million placemats and 20 million straw hats and bags.

The 52-year-old has been running the straw-weaving cooperative for four years in a newly constructed community in Qiaonan, Shaanxi province. The township is about a one-hour drive from downtown Xi'an.