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How to finish a rug hooking project.
Be sure to stitch all four corners.
Trim only a short segment to start with in order to prevent fraying.
It is the dainty version of rug making which uses gri.
Whip stitch around the folded corner of your latch hook project to secure the corner and keep whip stitching along the next edge of your project to secure the excess rug canvas at the back of your project once again.
Cut the excess mesh off of your latch hook rug at about 4 cm 1 1 2 inches from where your hooked rug ends.
How to latch hook.
Sew all seams leaving a small opening to insert the pillow form or stuffing.
To complete the pillow lay the backing fabric right sides together over your hooking.
Finishing a latch hook rug helps to ensure the rug holds up to the test of time and it requires little more than rug binding and a sewing machine.
This must be hand sewn on both edges of the binding tape.
This finish is suitable for a mat that will be on the floor.
That should leave about 1 2 inch of the canvas grid on all sides.
Step 1 cut all of the edges of the finished rug leaving two complete empty squares all around.
When you ve worked all the way around all sides of your project break your yarn and finish it with a knot.
Latch hooking is a craft in which short segments of yarn are tied to the horizontal strands of a small or medium sized canvas grid.
A completed latch hook project often becomes either a rug or a pillow.
It can be used to make small rugs wall hangings or pillows.