Art and Pleasure: "Painting with Needles" / New Uses of Dexter Cotton Warp

by Virginia Snow Studios

NO. 6542—BATHROOM RUG
NO. 6543—LID COVER

MATERIAL—Dexter Cotton Warp, Art. 380. 3 tubes deep blue No. 210, 2 tubes each light delft blue No. 281, and natural No. 100. Crochet Hook No. 4.

Rug size 27×40.

Lid Cover—Standard Size.

Rug—Using 3 strands of warp, one dark blue, one delft and one natural, make a chain 17 inches long, 9 d c in 3rd st from hook, 1 d c in each st of ch, 9 d c in last st, turn. 1 d c in each st on this side, join.

2nd row. Ch 3, 2 d c in 1st d c of row below, 3 d c in 3rd d c, repeat around row. Add 2 groups of 3 d c each at both ends of work to keep rug flat. Spread rug on floor after each row to see that sufficient increase has been made, if there is a tendency to curl at edge add 1 more group of 3 d c at each end in next row around.

When rug measures 15 inches in width break cream warp and replace with delft blue and work one row, next row use 2 strands deep blue and one of delft blue. Next row use 3 strands of deep blue then 1 row—all three strand cream color, next row all delft blue, next row all deep blue—repeat 1 row each cream, delft blue and deep blue and finish edge in deep blue as follows: Ch 3, 1 s c in same st, 1 s c in 2nd st, 1 s c in 2nd st, ch 3, 1 s c in same st, repeat around.

2nd row of edge—4 s c in each loop, 1 s c in s c of row below, repeat around and fasten warp.

Lid cover—6543.

Using 3 strand of warp one in each color as for rug, ch 15, 1 d c in 3rd st from hook, 1 d c in same st, skip 2 sts, 3 d c in the 3rd st, repeat across chain making 5 groups, turn.