The Diagonal Pattern.
Here is still another kind of rug that you can make. It is also worked in Baldwin & Walker’s 3-ply Ladyship Fingering on Congress Canvas, and the colours that have been used are pale blue, grey, and violet. A row is worked in each colour until the rug is large enough. This little hearthrug shown measures 4 inches by 2 inches, but you can make it as large as you like.
The rug is worked in satin stitch for the 1st row, the stitches are upright, over 4 threads, but each fresh stitch is started one thread lower, and of course finishes one thread lower. The next row is worked across, also over 4 threads, each stitch is started one thread farther back than the one before, and finished in the same hole as one of the stitches of the row before.
If you look at the two little specimens that have been worked, I don’t think you will have any trouble over this. You will notice that when you come to the edge, and want to finish off straight, you have to take your stitches over 4 threads, 3 threads, 2 threads, and then 1 thread.
The edge of the rug is worked in blanket stitch.
The Ostrich and the Silkworm.
This Poem was written over a hundred years ago.
One morning an ostrich, returning with glee