. Things worth doing and how to do them. new goods where theweave, as in this case, is to be smooth and flat. Cut the canton flannel, do not tear it, into strips half an inchwide, but do not sew the strips together, and make into balls asfor loom weaving; piece them as needed while the work pro-gresses. Draw a straight line the whole length of the board oneinch below the top edge, then along this line Tack the Warp As there is to be a blue border four inches wide, entirely aroundthe rug, the warp at first must be all blue. Take one strip of the blue and tack it on the line at the upperleft-han
. Things worth doing and how to do them. new goods where theweave, as in this case, is to be smooth and flat. Cut the canton flannel, do not tear it, into strips half an inchwide, but do not sew the strips together, and make into balls asfor loom weaving; piece them as needed while the work pro-gresses. Draw a straight line the whole length of the board oneinch below the top edge, then along this line Tack the Warp As there is to be a blue border four inches wide, entirely aroundthe rug, the warp at first must be all blue. Take one strip of the blue and tack it on the line at the upperleft-hand corner of the board about two inches from the sideedge. Leave one end of the warp longer than the other anddrive the tack only part of the way in (Fig. 483). Give the strip How to Weave Without a Loom 351 two twists toward you, close to the tack, and fasten it down withanother tack on the line just half an inch from the first Fig. 484. Fasten your strips on in this way with the tacks half an inch apart and you will have eight. ends or eight strips of warpwhich will form the side bor-der. For the top border cutthe blue strips into ten-inch
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