Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13

penSive, but be careful not to confuse
| them with genuine OrientalS.
To get the best results when making
the following rugs it is also well to re-
member that rug which looks well II
the bed room is not suitable for the hal
or living room. When making any o!
these rugs take care that the colors II
the rug blend nicely with the colo
scheme of the room. A very pretty ruG
can be made by using simple colorS fol
the center and darker colorS for thu
border. OF course, it is necessary fol
the colorS used in the border to blenc
with those in the center.
There is a great variety Of materia
that can be used in making these fool
coverings. Beautiful crochet, knit OF
hooked rugs can be made from old socks
and stockings, or old knit underwear
or bathing suits. Material that cannot
be used for making crocheted, hooked
or knitted rugs may be used for making
braided rug. Feed sacks, which car
be obtained from your grocer for the
asking, will make q nice, warm rug tc
place at your bedside. These feed sacks
can be dyed any solid color, and will
give the impression of fur rug. Also
look through your piece bag and sort
out the colors that would help in max
ing rag rug.
SACK mugs
This is the easiest of the rugs to
make, and it is very good looking. AL
you will need are five good feed sacks.
Those that have no brand prints on
them are best to use. If the sacks are
not clean wash them in warm Soapy
water. Use one sack for fiat founda-
ton for the rug, then cut from the
other sacks some strips three inches
wide and ravel out one and one-fourth
inches on each side Of the strips, leav-
ing half an inch unraveled down the
center of each strip. Take the strips
you have raveled and double in the
center. turn the raveled edges out and
stitch the strips to the foundation,
starting at the edge and continuing to
sew one inch apart until you have
covered the entire foundation. The
raveled-out strips will stand up and
look like shaggy fur. If you do not
care for the natural color of the sacks
you like.
Crocheted.
A crocheted rug may be made from
old stockings or socks Of any kind or
color. Black socks may be used to
make the border. White socks and
stockings should be dyed the color
needed to predominant in the rug. AL
other colors should be used to fill in
the color for the center of the rug. To
make one of these rugs all you need to
work with is No. 5 bone crochet
needle. First, with pair of sharp
scissors cut the stockings and socks into
strips, beginning at the top and cutting
around and around in order to get a
continuous strip from each article cut.
When cutting medium weight Isle make
the strip about half an inch wide. When
cutting the ribbed part, three-eighths-
inch strip will be wide enough, and
when cutting silk hose. allow only FIVE
eighths inch for the width.
Cut the ends of the strips into points
and sew together, being careful to lay
the points fat when piecing, then
stretch the strips until they look round
like thread. Roll each color into sepa-
rate ball. With your crochet needle
make chain IS inches long, turn, and
make a single crochet stitch in each
stitch of the chain. Continue to go
around, blending the colors as you go.
When turning at each end of the rug,
add a few extra stitches each time so
as to make the rug perfectly fiat. Two
and one-half pounds of any kind of