Remove Tassels From Rugs

I then made a mark with a pencil about an 1 4 in from the edge.

Remove tassels from rugs.

When i decided to use the rug in another area the fringe was roughly 1 too long so i decided to cut it. Fringe tassels give an area rug an exotic or elegant look. As you can see the tips of the tassels are blooming ever so slightly. Start by marking where you want your tassels to go.

It ends up being about half that size in tassel form because you fold it in half as you ll see on the edge of the rug i count out every five threads and then grab two threads so threads number six and seven with the rug hook. I divided up the width by the number of tassels to determine where i wanted the tassels to sit. We have a rug and we have tassels so now we need to put them together to make a tassel rug. Trimming the fringe makes it neat as new.

Fold two strings in half and around hook. The usual reason for wanting to remove a fringe from an oriental rug is because it has become ragged and many of the threads have become loose or detached. Pull strings through rug threads. If the rug isn t properly cared for though the tassels may start to fray shed.

On hand woven rugs the fringe tassels are the warps of the rug. Fringes on genuine hand knotted rugs are extensions of the warp threads which with the weft form the structure for making the knots and are therefore an intrinsic part of the rug. It is the skeleton of that rug. This means each single tassel strand usually cotton runs from one end all the way through the middle of the rug to the opposite side.

Attaching tassels to a rug. The rug gave excellent service in my kitchen.