CRAFTS
An effective rug can be made in this way: Cut long inch-wide strips of cloths, flannels, and various kinds of material (widening the strip, however, in proportion as the fabric is thinner).
Sew the ends together so as to make one very long strip, which, for convenience’ sake, can be loosely wound up in a ball.
Then, with a very large wooden crochet-needle, you crochet a circle, a square, or oblong mat of this rag-strip, just as with cotton or worsted.
It makes a strong, durable, and, with bright and tasteful colors, a very pretty rug.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5,
Nov 1877-Nov 1878; No 1, Nov 1877
(Now in the Public Domain: not copyrighted in the United States)