How To Hang A Hand Hooked Rug

A nail hanging rug would pull itself apart.

How to hang a hand hooked rug.

Don t use raw wood or un coated metals like nails to hang your rug over time this will also damage your rug. We recommend that you still clean your hanging rug every few months using a vacuum attachment. The hook should be towards the top of the rug while the sewn edge should be towards the interior of the rug. Once you re prepared.

Make sure to only sew into the back of the rug so that the stitch doesn t show on the front of the rug. 3m strips stuck to back of sticky velcro since i had already sewn on the velcro strips a difficult task that i was not going to undo i added the hook side that has a sticky back. The second method of hanging an area rug on the wall involves the use of a curtain rod. Then scout out some nice scraps of wool fabric you ll need half a pound for each square foot of your rug.

Stay away from sticky adhesives. Rod method 2 then of course there is the sheath or pocket way to hang a rug. A heavy cotton casing may be sewn onto the back of the rug again this should be hand sewn if hanging a handmade or antique rug to form a tube through which the curtain rod may be inserted. It can always get dusty on the wall.

Hand stitch across the top and bottom of the binding leaving both ends open so you can slide a small dowel or curtain rod through the pocket. Fold half of the rug over the pipe so that the rug is draping down on both sides. Tie the loose ends of the twine together outside of the pipe. Hand sew the hooks into the rug.

When holding up the twine it should form a triangle with the pipe and rug at the bottom. I whipped it with my usual finishing technique instead of folding the edges back and whipping. When the rug hangs the hook should not be folded over itself. This method only works on small pieces such as the wrong sized stair riser i hooked recently.

Hang the rug via the twine on a nail or stud on your wall.