The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17
2. OLD PLANTATION DAYS.
THE CROP OF ROYAL BRIDES.
p 49,.
Continued From First PaGe.)

scanty fringe IS best Of all.
The crochetted rug is the easiest OF an
home made rugs and one OF the prettleSt.
It is made by cutting material into lnc men,
wide strips. These are now neatly seWeu
together and the whole is crochetted up
into rug, using the ordinary crochetteo
For the crocheted rug there can be used
| the left-overs Of dresses, washed ana
is not , tSey fhey n be Clean
a'iu ~ - The knitted Rugs.
+ There should be enough black IN every
rug to pull the colors together: and some
ofthe prettiest Of these crocheted rugs
are made of black and scarlet with dasnes
The rug maker who is going to prosper
by her work must have a constant eye
for color: She must remember that; When
eS en is Of 1S bits IS os e and
Is judged as a whole not rag by rag. %,
The knitted rug Is managed much In the
same way THESE S th rugs Sd must De an1t1ed
nearly as valuable as the other rugs, for
the reason that they are more easily made
and require little or no artistic skill:
out roses to a burlap rug forms a rug in
dustry Of its own. BY applying handsome
gaudy red roses to felt, and pressing
the rug and decorating It with home
made fringe, you can get something which
wears forever and looks very nice all the
The rag carpet rugs, of sacred memory.
are now made all of a color. For this all
the rags in the house are, dyed red and
together they are woven into rugs. A
border of m ixed rags is placed at either
end. # made in this manner the rag car
pet rug looks very fine indeed. It makes
a good scarlet stair carpet and 1t can be
laid down over the plainest Of stair felt
with the best results ~! + sg f. &%f
I O,,k ~ kI,oL - -. L.
most n earning power: the rugs that bring
"a "a th w. R g fass: The Seoked qass
foundation and left standing on the
upper side can be made into work Of
and art xagaste
copy the scenery outside the window or
other native scenery. exactly II s.t Ss 81
fingers Of certain woman had a sfounda-
ton Of canvas. The tiny bits with which
she worked were. laid IN boxes, the red
!. - !. ~ Copying Native scenery.
Her scene was q rugged mountain path
gsoWngd On si1hsn sid me
the 4 81 blue SKY. The pattern was. marked
e and the 'n Women had only to- follow eh
vas 81 clipped and & sent home, it ri7ailed the
rug pdIlOA.
s7ss use who will go to the trouble Of
working upon can Nas sewed upon
bits through can promise themselves 'e
IN the i. pulled rug business there are
still greater possibilities. II you will put
up the frame and string the threads upon
It and will. then. go to work pulling the
little pieces of silk or wool through and
tying them on the right side, you will pc
bysa more than 81 AZ 3dolila s q
square FOOT ss & :. q.
u Rugs need not he heavy to be valuable
The highest priced Persian and S.ssll1lr Isl
rugs do not weigh a great deal put the
are fine and soft Many of them ~ ar e. IN a,
~ fremely min and thong very Ioh 81 y
texture. they lie Eat upon the Moor "lsi'
ont curling up under The feet.1 &
Tl1e silky rugs are always Ine u Iii,
|. ~ I,Tiee simpiy because they are s'l
Many Of them are meant. g as a nan naaRe
rigs: and the home rugmaker can M -
hanpinp rugs also. Thus, she can sIe ~ 4
that. after al. her choicest Tagsr a my ~.
" ugusta PrescoSes