finishing – Association of Traditional Hooking Artists

Making a Wood Frame to Hang Your Rug

Guidelines for making a wood frame for your hooked rug.

Learn to bind rugs with cotton ticking.

Follow the visual finishing guide for tacking a hooked rug cushion to a stool.

Follow these instructions to repair a brittle or deteriorating rug edge.

Use this finishing technique to bind your rugs.

Part 2 discusses various whipping techniques to bind a rug.

A tutorial on how to whip over a knitting needle for a finished edge.

Learn how to apply the herringbone stitch to the edge of your rug.

Practice 12 different ways of finishing a rug mat using this sampler mat.

A practical finishing technique for wide-cut rugs.