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Here is a great tip we heard somewhere along the way...
before completing your rugs, using a permanent marker, write your name
on one corner of the backing (use the same corner for every rug).
Then continue hooking your rug, covering your name. If you ever
have your rug stolen or if you ever have to prove that it is yours...you
can pull out the hooking to reveal your name written on the backing!
Hooking your initials into your rug with wool or embroidering your name
on the rug binding tape isn't as effective anymore. Someone can
simply pull out your initials and re-hook the rug, or they could pull
off your binding and replace it...but they certainly can't erase your
name from the backing...in fact, they wouldn't even know it was there!
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Binding & Finishing Instructions
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Before you start hooking your rug, you must prepare your
pattern. We find that it is much easier to attach you
binding before you start hooking. Lay your pattern face up
onto a table. Place your binding tape on the inside line
of your outer border. Fold back 1" of the tape onto itself
and pin it to the backing. Continue pinning ahead several
inches or so using a pin every 1 - 1 1/2". This will
prevent your tape from stretching as you sew it on. |
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Starting at the first pin, begin sewing the tape onto the
pattern as close to the edge of the tape as possible. Use
a thread color that matches the tape. Work your way around
the pattern. |
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When you reach a corner, ease the tape around it, pining and
sewing it slowly and carefully. If you stretch the tape at
this point, it will later cause the corners of the rug to cup
and your rug won't lay flat on the floor. |
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When you come around to where you began the tape, overlap 1 1/2"
past the beginning and stitch. Stitch past the overlap
about an inch or so. Backstitch to secure the thread ends
and cut off. Trim off the extra tape. |
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1/2" away from the edge of the binding tape, zigzag stitch
around the entire rug. Follow with a second row of zigzag
1/4" from the first. |
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After you have finished hooking your rug, place it face down on
a thick dry towel. Set your iron to the wool setting.
Place a small damp towel over the rug and gently steam the
entire rug. Make sure you don't slide the iron. Lift
and press so you don't work the rug out of shape.
Next, trim off the excess backing close to the outer row of
zigzag stitching. Press each corner back diagonally right
up to the tape. Then on each side of the rug. press back
the excess backing towards the backside of the rug.
Turn the binding tape towards the backside of the rug and pin.
Overcast stitch the loose edge of the tape to the rug.
Catch some of the backing threads but make sure the stitches
aren't showing on the front of your rug. Take care not to
pull the stitches so tight that the binding dimples.
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Do
YOU have any favorite Rug Hooking TIPS that you would like to
share? Please email
them to us, and
we will put them on this page. Happy Hooking! |
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