When you ve worked all the way around all sides of your project break your yarn and finish it with a knot.
How to finish a rug hooking project.
In primitive hooking you generally start by outlining an area and then filling it in.
Bowl filler this is probably my favorite way to finish a punch needle project.
This finish is suitable for a mat that will be on the floor.
Zig zag the raw edge to prevent fraying.
I have created a lot of bowl filler patterns that i usually hand sew.
5 continue hooking until the whole mat is done.
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Cut a new strip of rug binding for each edge of canvas and attach it in the same way.
Do the stitching before you cut it off.
So i started this whole latch hook rug project a few weeks ago and spent about 4 hours a night hooking my new rug.
This will help to prevent stretching when you zig zag the edge and when you handle the rug for finishing.
Part two of this wave of primary colors is a new rug for my.
Sew the binding to the canvas using a sewing machine.
This must be hand sewn on both edges of the binding tape.
You see i ve always loved neo plasticism of piet mondrian and recently decided that i wanted to make my kitchen into a cubist s dream.
Bring all your ends of wool to the surface and clip them evenly with your loops.
Then remove the straight pins.
Use straight pins to secure the rug binding in place.
If the rug is very large i will cut as i go so that while i am handling the rug i do not stretch out the edge.
Press the binding edge on top as close to the edge of the finished rug as possible.
More complete directions on this step to follow in next method.
6 when you finish your project cut the excess burlap away from the edge leaving no more than two inches all around.
Another way to finish a rug is use the method above and then add binding tape which is a strip of webbed cotton that is about 1 1 2 inches wide to the back of the mat that will cover the hemmed over edge.
You would then hook your rug remembering to hook right up to that tape then trim back your foundation fabric so that it fits under the binding tape fold over the binding tape and stitch to the backside making sure to catch the wool in your needle with each stitch.
I started with knocking off my own mondrian inspired painting over at mom spark.
Now cut off the excess backing at the pencil line.
Framed it is a relatively simple process to put a punch needle project.