Remove Tassels From Rugs

On hand woven rugs the fringe tassels are the warps of the rug.

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. These are the strands that wool or silk pile knots are twisted and tied around to create that rug. If the rug isn t properly cared for though the tassels may start to fray shed. Pull strings through rug threads.

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. I then made a mark with a pencil about an 1 4 in from the edge. How to keep carpet fringes on area rugs clean intact. The carpet is in good condition except for slight fringe blooming.

Start by marking where you want your tassels to go. Attaching tassels to a rug. We have a rug and we have tassels so now we need to put them together to make a tassel rug. 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.

As you can see the tips of the tassels are blooming ever so slightly. I divided up the width by the number of tassels to determine where i wanted the tassels to sit. The rug gave excellent service in my kitchen. Trimming the fringe makes it neat as new.

Fringe tassels give an area rug an exotic or elegant look. It is the skeleton of that rug.