Repair Hooked Rugs

Hooked rugs are often used in homes featuring wood or tile flooring to help the rooms to feel more warm and welcoming. However, when hooked rugs are used frequently, their yarns can become thinned and bare patches may appear. Instead of spending money replacing the rug, you can repair it using tools and materials that can be purchased at any arts and crafts supply store. This will allow you to salvage a rug that is especially cherished or admired.

Yarn
Latch hook tool
Scissors

Instructions

- 1
  Lay the hooked rug out onto a flat surface, such as a table top. Identify the areas which need repairing.
- 2
  Cut a piece of matching yarn to measure 6 inches long.
- 3
  Wrap the piece of yarn around a latch hook tool, placing the yarn underneath the latch.
- 4
  Insert the hook and latch portion of the latch hook tool underneath one of the threads of the rug backing missing its yarn, and push the hook out through the neighboring hole. The wrapped yarn should be positioned on the other side of the rug thread, opposite from the hook and latch.
- 5
  Wrap the ends of the yarn piece in between the hook and the latch, then pull the latch hook back down out of the thread. This will cause the yarn piece to become securely looped around the thread. Repeat this process with each section of the hooked rug that is missing pieces of yarn.
- 6
  Fluff the new yarn pieces in the rug upward, and trim the yarn with scissors until they match the level of the other pieces of yarn in the rug.

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