Show looms HO W V V 10 ja tl 4 ruth wyeth spears ag S 5 5 4 6 5 6 4 3 it 2 2 2 1 1 BLACK 2 RED 3 horizontal scripts 4 VERTICAL scripts 5 atan non hook an old fashioned rag rug OF ALL rag rugs the hooked type is the most fascinating and economical A rug hook such as may be purchased in notion and fancywork departments and burlap a little larger than your finished rug are the essentials most rug hookers also use a frame of slats bolted together at the corners they stretch the burlap over the frame and tack it some like a rather large stationary frame others use a small one and many hooked rugs are made without any frame at all here is a quaint old rug pattern that you may mark oft off on your burlap with a yardstick and pencil the numbers indicate the colors used for the original rug now more than a hur hundred adred years old the finished rug measures 26 by 34 inches allow two inches at all edges for hems overcast the edges then mark the solid one inch border just inside the hem allowance then the large eight inch squares then the small smal two inch squares then draw the th diagonal lines across the largi larg squares as shown use wool ran rag if possible and cut the strips strip snot not wider than one half inch hom hold the strip against the wrong side of the burlap and pull loops of 0 it through to the right side with the hook as shown short strips are as useful as long just pull ft ends through and clip them if you are planning slip covers curtains or doing other spring sewing for the home you will wig want a copy of mrs spears boot book 1 SEWING for the home decora decor tor forty eight pages of practical working directions with complete illustrations A dollar saying book for every homemaker send name and address enclosing 25 cents coins preferred to lira spears S desplaines st chicago ill |