Repairing The Edges Of Old Hooked Rugs

In this instance i unhooked the border and sewed in a patch to strengthen and protect the hooked edge of the rug.

Repairing the edges of old hooked rugs.

Often the hooked rug can be found in antique shops rummage sales estate sales and consignment shops. The company also gives tours of. This is an art form that has been handed down through generations. If a patch is needed for just a section of a straight edge use a long narrow piece of new rug linen and fold it longwise to make a patch larger than the missing section of border.

When the rug starts to fray or come apart because. Repairing ends that are coming apart on an area rug. A different approach is needed when part of the edge of the rug is missing or much damaged. The latch hooked rug has been adorning the floors of homes for centuries.

Then i re hooked the border bound the edge with a matching yarn and completed the hem. When i hook a rug i always bind the edge to prevent such damage but i have found that old rugs rarely have bound edges. Green mountain hooked rugs specializes in reviving repairing and restoring old hooked rugs. Later rayon stockings and even silk ones were hooked into mats and rugs.

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