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When the technique of any kind of handicraft shows a disposition to control the character of its surface ornament, it is well to respect this tendency because over-ornamentation is one of the evils of the present day. In-deed more often than not ornament is used to cover the defects in a weak construction.
Another example of the construction similar to that of the crocheted rug, and one which is more familiar perhaps than either the coiled pottery or the baskets of the Indian tribes, is the crocheted table mat, used under hot dishes for the purpose of protecting a polished table. These are made of white cot-ton thread. In this medium, surface pattern in tone and color cannot be carried out, and the only design which can be distinguished in these mats is that made by the action of the stitches as they follow the construction. These mats are made in round, oval and hexagonal forms and the crocheted rug can be made in these same shapes.
The model crocheted rug is a round rug 38 inches in diameter; the colors used in it will be sharply contrasting tones of brown and yellow. It is necessary to use sharply contrasting tones of color in order to carry out success-fully the effect of the pattern. This rug could be suitably placed in a living-room, bedroom or bathroom.
TOOLS AND MATERIALS NEEDED
One wooden crochet needle; five-gallon cop-per kettle; a pair of wooden spoons;
one ounce of lump alum; two ounces of extract of catechu; one-fourth ounce of copper sulfate; one-fourth ounce of bi-chromate of potash; twenty yards of unbleached cotton muslin.
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
Divide the twenty yards into two lots of ten yards each, reserving one for the catechu brown and one for the peach-leaf yellow. Wash them as usual to remove the oil from the cotton,
then tear them into strips one inch wide
by the method recommended in the braided rug. Tearing the material before it is dyed makes the dyeing easier. Wind the torn material into hanks of a convenient size for dyeing.
The Craft Of Handmade Rugs - View The Rest Of The Book
Introduction - Some Old Time Rugs
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A Word About Dyes - The Braided Rug -
The Scalloped Doormat Or Tongue Rug - The
Knitted Rug -
The Hooked Rug In Cotton And Wool
- The Needle-Woven Rug
The Colonial Rag Rug - Some Applications
- Newer Methods Of Stencil Making
- The Tufted Counterpane
Old Time Lights - The Batik Or
Wax Resist Process