RUGS FOR NOTHING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1937, Page 18

RUGS FOR NOTHING

! "And that's the end of that!" we say, : regretfully discarding a pair of badly- ' laddered stockings. '■ But there is no reason why we • should not walk on the ruined hosiery • if we can no longer walk in it, says ; the "Melbourne Age." | Cut off the feet and tops of the stockings, and make the legs into one long strip about an inch wide, the problem of frayed edges solves itself, for gentle tugging will make them curl inward. Cut up all old stockings available, no matter what their colours, join ; the strips together, and roll into a ball. With a large bone crochet hook, work the number of stitches required to form the centre of the mat, having decided, in the first place, whether it is' to be round, square,. or oval in shape. Continue to work in simple crochet stitch until the rug is the required size, and line it with canvas when finished. The most critical friend will never guess that the striped mat gracing the hall is made of stockings, but will probably think it is some unusual native handiwork sent from overseas. Silk rugs that are soft to the touch and easy to wash are a boon in the nursery. When they are being made for this purpose, pastel-shaded stockingette underwear which has seen its best days can be used.