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Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit

CHAPTER XII
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I will commence knitting one for you at once.

You will then find a use for the box of bright-colored silks you possess, many of which are quite too small to be used in any other manner.

Professor Schmidt calls this a 'Prayer Rug.' He said: 'This rug, fashioned of various bright-hued silks of orange, purple and crimson, a bright maze of rich colors, without any recognizable figure or design, reminds me of the description of the 'Prayer Carpet' or rugs of the Mohammedans.

They are composed of rich-hued silks of purple, ruby and amber.

'Tis said their delicacy of shade is marvelous and was suggested by the meadows of variegated flowers.' But this is a digression; you wished directions for making the rug.
"Use tiny scraps of various bright-hued silks, velvets and satins, cut about 3-1/2 inches long and about one-half inch in width.


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