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Material for Loom: Four boards 3/4 in x 2 in. x 14; four boards 3/4 in. x 2 in. x 6 in.; two pieces of board 1/2 in. x 1/2 in. x 16 in.; nails and hammer. For Robe: One skein of cord 1/8 inch thick; fourteen skeins of maroon double zephyr yarn; one skein each of yellow, black, red, brown, blue, white and green. (See colors, Fig. 6.)

Loom

Nail the four pieces of board 3/4 in. x 2 in. x 14 in. together in the shape of a rectangle. (Fig. 1.)

Take the four pieces of board 3/4 in. x 2 in. x 6 in., and nail one piece to each of the four corners of the rectangle. (Fig. 2.)

Nail the two pieces of board 1/2 x 1/2 x 16 in. to the top of these upright pieces. (Fig. 3.)

Cut the cord in lengths four inches longer than the space between the cross-sticks a and b, Fig. 3.

Tie the pieces of cord, half an inch apart, tight across the space between the cross-sticks.

Note: The robe can be made by twenty-five children, each child making a section. (Fig. 7.) If it is to be made by twenty-five children, there should be twenty-five looms and each cord used should be eighteen inches long.

When a section is finished, the ends of the cords are lapped two inches and sewed together. (Fig. 8.) To do this it will be necessary to shove the worsted work up on the cords. When the cords are securely sewed together, push the worsted work down in position again over the cords. This will make it appear like a continuous piece of work. The necessity for having the cords just half an inch apart, and the same number of cords (23) on each loom, is evident in Fig. 8. If one piece is wider than the other, they will not sew together well.

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Table Of Colors

1. White.

2. Black.

3. Vermilion.

4. Lemon Yellow.

5. Golden Brown.

6. Prussian Blue.

7. Olive Green.

8. Maroon.

The robe may be made by five children, each child having a loom. If five children make the robe, the cords on each loom should be forty-seven inches long and tied upon the cross-sticks (a and b, Fig. 3) half an inch apart.

Each child makes one strip of five sections. When the strips are completed, sew them together lengthwise, (x, Fig. 7.)

Fig 7.

The work may be done on a large frame, the size of the robe desired.

The Robe

From a piece of cardboard or thin wood 2x4, cut a shuttle in the form of Fig. 4.

Fill the shuttle with maroon yarn (8, Table of Colors), and work back and forth through the cords, passing the shuttle over one cord and under the next.

When the last cord is reached, start back through the cords in the opposite direction.

Where the yarn is over a cord in the first row, it must be under that cord in the second row. (Fig. 9.)

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Shove the rows of yarn close together as the work progresses. The cords should not show between the yarn.

Continue to work back and forth with the shuttle until there is a solid piece of maroon-colored weaving 11 inches long and 8 1/2 inches wide.

Untie the cords and lay the piece of work aside.

Take 23 new cords and restring the loom.

Take a piece of cardboard 3 x 8 1/2.

One-quarter of an inch from the upper edge draw a line crosswise, (a, Fig. 10.)

Fig. 10

Draw the other cross lines as follows:

Use this cardboard as a measure for the colored sections of the robe.

Fig. 11

Fill a new shuttle with yellow yarn, (1, Table.)

Work over and under through the cords a sufficient number of times to make a yellow stripe 1/4 inch wide, then cut the yellow shuttle from the work.

Fill a new shuttle with black yarn. (2, Table.)

Tie one end of the black yarn to the yellow.

Work over and under the cords until you have a black stripe 1/4 inch wide, and push it close to the yellow stripe.

Cut the black shuttle from the work.

Fill a shuttle with red yarn. (3, Table.)

Tie one end of the red yarn to the black stripe, and work over and under through the cords until there is a red stripe 3/4 inch wide.

Continue to take new shuttles and the colors in order, according to Fig. 10.

When the striped section is completed, untie it from the loom and lay it aside.

Restring the loom and make another maroon section.

Continue to make striped and solid sections until you have a sufficient number completed to make the robe. Sew the sections together according to the directions in the note. The robe may be made wider and longer by adding more sections.

Fringe

When the sections of the robe are all sewed together, take a piece of cord twice as long as the robe is wide.

Double the cord and tie it between two chairs.

Cut up all the remaining yarn into pieces nine inches long.

Double the yarn, put it under the cord, pass the ends through the double end, and pull the yarn close to the cord. (Fig. 11.)

Make sufficient fringe for both ends and sew the fringe to the robe.