A deep blue wool rug made of carpet yarn
Chapter Seven
METHODS OF SPLICING MATERIALS FOR WEAVING
Woolens, fine worsteds, ravelings, and cottons
Such materials as carpet and oriental wools, fine worsteds, carpet ravelings, darning and knitting cotton should, in splicing, be run past each other. In weaving, run the wool through the warp to the very end. Start the new piece a few warp threads back, being careful to go over and under exactly the same warp threads as you did when finishing the end. As you pass these threads you will find that you are taking up the right warp threads, and that no mistake has been made. It is best to run the threads past each other in the middle of the mat rather than on the sides. The children learn this method of splicing very quickly and the result is much more satisfactory than knotting, because the back of the rug or mat will be smooth. As Mrs. Wiggin says: "There should never be a wrong side to work any more than there should be to folks."
Silkoline, cheese cloth, rags
Candle-wicking, chenille, and macremé cord