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Show - I IH HOW10 H 1 11O 1O 1O'Y OW OWto 'Y Y ' to tU SEW SEWRU1 RU1 RU RUSPEARSETH ' " SPEARSETH : ByRUTH ffTH WYETH : s ' : j - - . - - - sO CO MANY readers have ex expressed expressed ext pressed interest in m rag rugs that thatI I know many of you will want to tocopy tocopy tocopy copy this one I discovered it In Ina ina ina a village on Buzzards BU7Zards bay where wherea a century ago whaling ships put putout putout putout out to sea In the book offered offeredbelow offeredbelow offeredbelow below there is a knitted kmtted rag rug rugfound rugfound rugfound found foundc c ( ne nc time on a trip through throughOhIO throughOhio throughOhio OhIO I have not yet done a spe specl specml special cl cml l I 1 t k on rag rugs It does doesseem doesseem doesseem seem that there should be a way xso e9AiDIN , 1dRH GAEEH GAEEHORANGG ORANGG ORANGGASS ASS ASSSL SL AC 1t arainEs to exchange designs from trom dIffer dIfferent differeat different ent eat countryThe parts of the country The center medallion of the rug rugshown rugshown rugshown shown here is its outstanding outstand1Og fea feature feature tealure ture The braiding is fine and andtIght andtight andtight shouldbe tIght The braided strips should be sewn together togeth'r togethr ( ' withstrong with strong hnen linen hnenthread linenthread linenthread thread or about size 8 cotton cottonthread cottonthread cottonthread thread used double The center centerround centerround centerround round should be - 8-inches 8 inches - long as asshc asshown asshpwn shown shc > wn Sew aroundand around and around arounduntIl arounduntil arounduntil untIl the center oval is 14-1Oches 14 1Oches 14-inches inches - - long 14-incheslong 14 incheslong 141Ocheslong 14incheslong then make the eight loops loopsshown loopsshown loopsshown shown in 10 the next round-three round three roundthreealong roundthreealong round - threealong along each sideof side side- - of the oval and andone andone andone one at eachend each endThese endThese end endThese These loops should be 2 inches mches long In working around the loops loopswith loopswith loopswith with the next rows , the trick IS ISto isto isto to ease ' the inside edge of the thebraided thebraided thebraided braided braidedstrip strip in 10 just enough to tokeep tokeep tokeep keep the work perfectly flat and andto andto andto to give the scalloped effect shown shownAs shownAs shownAs As you work around , the scalJops scallops scalJopsgradually scallopsgradually scallopsgradually gradually straighten out and the therug therug therug rug becomes more oval in shapeNOTE shapeNOTE shape shapeNOTE NOTE Every Homemaker Homemakershould Homemakershould Homemakershould should have a copy of Mrs Spears Spearsbeok Spearsbook Spearsbook beok book SEWING for the Home Dec Decorator Decorator Decorator orator Forty eight pages of di directlOns directions directions rectlOns rections for making sllpcovers slipcovers sllpcoversand slipcoversand slipcoversand and curtains curtams , dressing tables tableslampshades , Iarnpshades lampshades and many other use use- useful useful useful - - ful articles for the home Price Price25 25 cents postpaid Ask for Boolt Boo Book1 1 , Bndaddress andaddress and Bnd address Mrs Spears 210 210S 210S 210S S Desplalnes Desplaines St 8t , Chicago , 111 Ill |