ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. (WCAX) - Susi Ryan has a lot of fun with felt. “I make magical creatures and fantastic hats, wall-hangings and such from soup to nuts,” she explained. The Essex Junction fiber ...

Coming home, she made her first gnome, a felt little man with a tall hat and a bushy beard, and gave it to Melissa as a gentle inside joke. The VanSants had grown up with Wil Huygen's book, "Gnomes," ...