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Remember the braided or hooked rugs your
grandmother had in her home? Remember how warm and cozy her house always
seem to be? You can have that same warm feeling in your home. But how?
Learn to make braided, hooked, crocheted, and woven "Home Made Rugs" the
old-fashioned way.
With directions and diagrams from 1935, this eBook is a reproduction of
the original Agriculture Extension Service publication "HOME MADE RUGS."
It shows the ORIGINAL way to create homemade rugs. LEARN FROM THE
MASTERS!
This eBook contains:
- Factors to consider before making a
rug
- Design
- Shape and Size
- Decorative or surface design
- Texture
- Color
- General Directions for making rugs
and mats
- Selection of fabric
- Wool; Cotton and Linen; Silk
- Preparation of fabric
- Cleaning; Dyeing; Cutting;
Construction; Pressing
- Braided rugs
- Equipment
- Planning the design
- Construction
- Folding strips; Braiding and
joining strands; Shaping and sewing the rug; Changing the colors and
finishing the rugs
- Crocheted rugs
- Equipment
- Planning the design
- Construction
- Preparation of the strand;
Crocheted
- Hooked rugs
- Equipment
- Planning the design
- Fabric for the foundation and for
hooking; Drawing the design on the burlap; Fastening the burlap on
the frame; Cutting the strips
- Selection and preparation of the
fabric
- Hooking
- Finishing the hooked rug
- Clipping; Lining; Finishing the
edge on an unlined rug; Felt border; Sizing
- Woven rugs
- Equipment
- Planning the design
- Construction
- Directions for making mats
- Care of rugs and mats
- Cleaning; Washing; Repairing
This eBook has been completely
reformatted for easier reading, but contains all the original
information and diagrams as the 1917 publication.
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