Remove Tassels From Rugs

Trimming the fringe makes it neat as new.

Remove tassels from rugs. If the rug isn t properly cared for though the tassels may start to fray shed. 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. 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.

I divided up the width by the number of tassels to determine where i wanted the tassels to sit. These are the strands that wool or silk pile knots are twisted and tied around to create that rug. I then made a mark with a pencil about an 1 4 in from the edge. Pull strings through rug threads.

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. 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.

Attaching tassels to a rug. Fold two strings in half and around hook. We have a rug and we have tassels so now we need to put them together to make a tassel rug. 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.

Start by marking where you want your tassels to go. On hand woven rugs the fringe tassels are the warps of the rug.