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Well there are books which can be bought Just about any decorating scheme The sky's the limit or borrowed from Ilibraries as far a deign goes and you which will give you a variety can hook to a design that will of designs you can adapt your go with modern just as well own designs from wallpaper as a design that will go with draperies and the like or you l some of the can use your own imagination scheme The principal technical feaFirst of all you need maof the rug is the pulling ture terial This can be the type of the material through the of material outlined in the foundation by means first paragraph or You can burlap of a hook The small loops buy it hut it has to be dyed thus formed are crowded in to the color you want in your between the meshes of the rug and then cut burlap and held securely in Cut Them Narrow place by pressing one against the other Strips of material inch' wide are ideal for hookSimple isn't it! As you become more skilled in the ing Cutting them by hand process the work will go flymight be somewhat laborious but yeti can buy a little gadget ing along as you ply the hook something like a meat grinder one hand on top of the work —all you do is feed Wide strips pulling the material through into the loops and the other Into it turn a handle and out comes the narrow strips If hand underneath your rug feeding the material into the you don't feel you want to buy one all by yourself perhaps a hook If you are using wool for group of neighbors can get to traditional one-eight- h your rug It should be clipped after it is hooked Clipping twith a pair of scissors) is an improvement for the color in the loops depens when it is cut and becomes velvety A cotton rug generally is not clipped because cotton has a tendency to fray and fraying would weaken the texture of the rug This are is not confined only to rugs for wail hangings table runners mats hot dish holders can be most attractive made thisi way These articles may be sized by placing them face downward on a flat surface after all hemming and clipping is finished and giving them a coat of size made by mixing sheet glue and boiling water together Then leave them flat until dry Bind Oft Burinp After the hooking and clipping is finished fold the unused edges of the burlap back under the rug and bind them 'off with strong thread If you are at all interested in rug hooking drop down to Craft House 327I-5tEast May 1 from 3 to 8 pm for the first annual exhibit of the American Rug Hooking Guild Mrs Harry Nelson chairman of the affair is inviting all members of the guild as well as all persons interested in hooking rugs ' i i 0N - SODA STRAw '''V r C 11 Or 00 ititii yt111 ' 'it: 11y :' o It - ''mThi i F" e a APUSH IIo: 1014 11LAVAPD FISH LEADER WIRE $ ---- Ili r 0 11111011111s Alp LLL eml Ma 2 AND Mrs Johnson at work on a small circular rug shows the pwwition of the hondo one ever one under in hooking rugs Fix It Yourself The main thing to remember walls is that the paper should remain on the walls long enough for you to decide that you don't like the pattern It the paper falls off before you hae reached this decision it may lead to all sorts of frustrations One of the chief reasons for wallpaper failure k that the wall in papering B KORASHA KEY t Sunday April 26 1953 4 : WESTFLA J A 1EIENIMPF N I t31141 ENDS THANKS TO 1109ALBURY ' i t leillit:!!!i: LEONARD -- ' r i '' ''''''''' OBJECT wiTHDRAw STRAw AND WIRE k144A1 t- e'''' BACK ON UNTIL ' ' lb"- - INSERT STRAW IN SINk DRAIN ON St91111111WAID" t mai 3 - JatAt‘ ow:- :" '" Aat) Oa 14 746i) Ik:44: ® 1 0'''t4't'" vos r rii The IHandy Homers I '77410' e or- - d : ) Byllobbard Cobb was not properly ptepared and sized If you want to hang wallpaper on a new plaster wall or one that has never been painted or that has been papered and the paper removed the surface must be scolded with a glue size Of course before this is done the wall should he ashed clean and any cracks filled with patching plaster It may be that you want t) paper over a wall that this been previously painted ani this calls for special treatment because wallpaper paste directly to the paintel surface won't stick very well Vhat you do here is first wash the wall down with warm water and washing soda This will kill the gloss of the paint so that the paste will stick Any glossy spots not caught by the washing soda can be fixed up by a light sandin4 Now you have to wipe the down with ordinary vinegar la neutralize the washihg sods al-pli- tH |