The Practical Household Assistant. a Complete Guide for the Housekeeper
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TO MAKE A RAG CARPET ONE YARD WIDE. Prepare rags for the filling by tearing lengthwise of the cloth as fine as the strength of the cloth will admit; the finer the meshes and lighter the carpet the better it wears ; the warp should be fine and run six knots to the yard; ten pounds of warp M'ill make over twenty-five yards of carpet. Use calico without color- ing for main stripe, commencing with the darkest color and shade to light, then back to dark again, about six inches wide, wpigh the rags f...or the main stripe, they should weigh a little more than one-third of all allowing one and one-fourth pound for one yard; white rags color nicely in blue, yellow and green, darker rags make brown, if no flannel is used buy cardinal red in plain calico and twist with black or white, tear very fine and twist on a wheel, both black and red, then twist together again. A pretty gray is I PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD ASSISTANT. 41 made by raveling out yarn, coloring it black and twisting it with white cotton yarn ; should you wish to color it any other color do so without first coloring the yarn black, and when twisted together, the wool takes dark and cotton a lighter shade, ( as in green ) and looks nicely for the fancy stripe between plain colors.
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