The craft of hand-made rugs . m the skein of hammock twine andwind it on a wooden spool or bobbin. Anyconveniently .shaped smooth piece of wood willdo. After it is wound, take the end and threadit through eyelet No. 1 L on the lower bar ofthe frame. Then carry it up and thread itthrough eyelet No. 1 R on the upper it from eyelet No. 1 E on the upper barto eyelet No. 2 R also on upper bar. Threadit through eyelet No. 2 R before bringing itdown to eyelet No. 2 L on the lower it then to No. on the lower bar andthen to No. 3 R on the upper and back to R on the upper an
The craft of hand-made rugs . m the skein of hammock twine andwind it on a wooden spool or bobbin. Anyconveniently .shaped smooth piece of wood willdo. After it is wound, take the end and threadit through eyelet No. 1 L on the lower bar ofthe frame. Then carry it up and thread itthrough eyelet No. 1 R on the upper it from eyelet No. 1 E on the upper barto eyelet No. 2 R also on upper bar. Threadit through eyelet No. 2 R before bringing itdown to eyelet No. 2 L on the lower it then to No. on the lower bar andthen to No. 3 R on the upper and back to R on the upper and down again to No. 4 Lon the lower. Continue this way, always pass-ing from each eyelet to the next, threading twoat a time on the same bar until the last twoare reached, one on the upper bar and one onthe lower bar. Now unwind whatever remaining threadthere may be on the bobbin and pull the con-tinuous warp thread moving through all theeyelets until a free end of two and one-fourthyards is left over at eyelet No. 1 L on the. A NAVAJO RUG IN GREY, BLACK AND WHITE, OF THE UNDYED WOOL. SHOWS THE FELTED SURFACE MADE BY THE MATTING TOGETHER OF WOOL FIBRE THE NEEDLE-WOVEN RUG 159 lower bar. Carry this end to No. 1 R on theupper bar, then wind the end of the warparound the frame and fasten it securely by ty-ing it. After it is tied pull all the slack outtoward the other end as the thread must bedoubled through the last two eyelets just as itwas through the first two. Tighten up thewarp again and tie the end to the frame. Ifthere is any slacking in the thread the rug willbe found uneven in the weaving; the doublewarp threads at the side of the rug hold thewoof threads in place and strengthen the rugon the edges where it gets most wear. Thespace within the framework of the loom hasnow been filled up with warp threads exceptalong the sides of the upright bars. Hereabout two inches remain open. The warp isnow set up and we are ready to put in thecross threads or in other words to weave
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