Remove Tassels From Rugs

We have a rug and we have tassels so now we need to put them together to make a tassel rug.

Remove tassels from rugs.

I divided up the width by the number of tassels to determine where i wanted the tassels to sit. I then made a mark with a pencil about an 1 4 in from the edge. Trimming the fringe makes it neat as new. 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.

The carpet is in good condition except for slight fringe blooming. On hand woven rugs the fringe tassels are the warps of the rug. If the rug isn t properly cared for though the tassels may start to fray shed. When i decided to use the rug in another area the fringe was roughly 1 too long so i decided to cut it.

How to keep carpet fringes on area rugs clean intact. 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. 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.

These are the strands that wool or silk pile knots are twisted and tied around to create 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. Fold two strings in half and around hook.

As you can see the tips of the tassels are blooming ever so slightly. Fringe tassels give an area rug an exotic or elegant look.