Beautiful Braiding: making braided rugs, stair runner

Beautiful Braiding booklet, 1960 revised edition, by dorothy parks putnam.

63 pages, digest size. 

Back cover is creased and there are some notes written inside.

Includes lots of info on how to braid rugs, along with many pictures and directions for many different rugs.

Contents:

• equipment needed
• wool you need
• terms you should know
• the most important rule
• how to prepare your material
• how to choose a pattern
• how to make a tube
• the round rug: how to braid, lace, join strands, change color, tape, prepare for butting; reminders
• the oval rug: how to braid, lace, change color, taper, butt; reminders
• the square-cornered rug: how to braid and lace; reminders
• how to use design in your rug
• how to black a braided rug
• how to take care of your rug
• how to dye wool
• how to remove color
• how to dull a color

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