The craft of hand-made rugs . A PRIMITIVE LOOM THE NEEDLE-WOVEN RUG 143 and when well packed together it makesa surface almost identical with the felted sur-face of the wool Navajo rug. Candle wick-ing is easily dyed too and this recommendsit. The rug in the illustration is made of candlewickLng, dyed in four colors, light gray, light. The design. blue gray, light gray green and very dark navyblue. Another very satisfactory and convenientmaterial is the well-known cotton cloth torninto very fine strips and these strips used asyam. This is what we shall use for the modelrug. This material will
The craft of hand-made rugs . A PRIMITIVE LOOM THE NEEDLE-WOVEN RUG 143 and when well packed together it makesa surface almost identical with the felted sur-face of the wool Navajo rug. Candle wick-ing is easily dyed too and this recommendsit. The rug in the illustration is made of candlewickLng, dyed in four colors, light gray, light. The design. blue gray, light gray green and very dark navyblue. Another very satisfactory and convenientmaterial is the well-known cotton cloth torninto very fine strips and these strips used asyam. This is what we shall use for the modelrug. This material will be found very effectivefor the raveled edges of the torn strips make a 144 THE CRAFT OF HAND-MADE RUGS delightful and varied surface because they feltand mat together in the same way as theloosely spun woolen or cotton thread. This rugwill be .serviceable as either a bath mat or abedroom rug. The model is made in three colors, the naturalcolor of the unbleached cotton cloth, a browncalled manganese brown in dyers terms, andthe iron buff. This latter color which isfamiliar to all farmers wives the length andbreadth of our United States, is made by themwith copperas and soft-soap. These threecolors harmonize perfectly and are very sim-ply and easily produced. The design is char-acteristic of this type of weaving. MATERIALS The un
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