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.
How to hang a hooked rug on the wall.
Then cut the tack strips to the length of each side of the rug and coat them in a clear finish or with paint to prevent damage to the rug from the wood acid.
Hang the rod on the brackets that came with the set.
I whipped it with my usual finishing technique instead of folding the edges back and whipping.
The second method of hanging an area rug on the wall involves the use of a curtain rod.
March 12 2018 by cindi gay.
Firstly rug size matters.
So can you hang a rug on the wall.
When holding up the twine it should form a triangle with the pipe and rug at the bottom.
Hang the rug via the twine on a nail or stud on your wall.
This method only works on small pieces such as the wrong sized stair riser i hooked recently.
Fold half of the rug over the pipe so that the rug is draping down on both sides.
The easiest way to hang a rug on a wall is to purchase 4 tack strips which are thin boards with sharp tacks sticking from them.
Benefits of hanging rug on wall.
I m describing this method as a way to fix a mistake.
Precisely yes but you do need to be careful.
Tie the loose ends of the twine together outside of the pipe.
Hanging a rug using a curtain rod.
A simple way to hang your rug hooking on the wall.
Rod method 2 then of course there is the sheath or pocket way to hang a rug.