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Another suggested rug would suit either a bedroom or a bathroom. The pattern be-cause of its structural character, works out most effectively in a combination of simple tones. A medium blue and a cream-white has been chosen here but there is no objection to its being carried out in any two harmonious colors of contrasting tone or of contrasting tone values of the same color. If the blue and white scheme is selected, the blue can be dyed in the indigo vat or a commercially dyed blue calico can be used. The cream-white is the usual unbleached muslin. These materials are pre-pared as directed in the plan for the round knitted rug, and the same size of needles is used.

Begin the rug by setting up fifteen stitches in the blue or in the colored thread selected for the dark tone of the pattern and knit sufficient length to form a square of dark or about twenty-two rows of the knitting. The precise number of rows cannot be exactly estimated because different workers knit more or less closely. This number is counted for rather close knitting and is approximately correct. Now change the thread to the cream-white by sewing it on to the blue thread and knit a square of it. Continue alternating with blue and white squares until ,seven in all are completed. This makes a strip of knitting about six inches wide and forty-two long.

The next strip must be begun with a cream-white square and continued likewise with alternating squares until the desired number is produced. Five strips are needed to complete the rug; three beginning with the blue and ending with the blue, and two beginning with the white and ending with the white. These five must be sewed together to carry out the pat-tern. They form the body of the rug; the borders are added later.

The strips which form the borders are made in the blue thread and are set up of nine stitches. Two strips are needed for the sides of the rug and they must be forty-two inches in length. Two strips of the same width are needed for the ends of the rug but these are only thirty-six inches long. These four strips sewed on each side and at both ends, form a complete border around the rug. The size of this rug finished is thirty-six by forty-eight inches including borders. The center measures thirty by forty-two inches. The rug can be enlarged in relative proportion by adding two squares to the length and two to the width. The borders then also must be proportionately enlarged.

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The Craft Of Handmade Rugs - View The Rest Of The Book

Introduction - Some Old Time Rugs - A Word About Dyes - The Braided Rug - The Scalloped Doormat Or Tongue Rug - The Crocheted 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