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How to Remove a Snag From a Couch

If a button, piece of jewelry or other object catches on your couch upholstery and causes it to snag, don’t be tempted to snip off the extended piece of thread. To do so could make the fabric weave and unravel. Sometimes you can gently massage the area around the snag and work the thread back into its original location. If that doesn’t work, there are snag removal tools on the market. Some resemble thin crochet hooks, used to snag the snag and pull the thread back into place. If you don’t have the tool, use a sewing needle and thread.

Things You'll Need

  • Sewing needle
  • 2-foot length of thread
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Instructions

    • 1

      Select a sewing needle suitable for your upholstery. Use a long sewing needle, with a width that easily moves through the fabric without breaking any fibers. If the needle is too thick it will punch a hole in the fabric, and if it is too thin it will be difficult to push through the upholstery.

    • 2

      Push one end of the thread through the eye of the needle. Pull the thread through the eye, so that you have an equal amount of thread on each side of the eye.

    • 3

      Insert the tip of the needle into the upholstery, next to the snag. Place the needle tip as close to the snag as possible.

    • 4

      Push the needle through the upholstery and back up and out of the upholstery. Work slowly.

    • 5

      Wrap the snag around the thread, as you pull the needle through the fabric. The object is for the snag to hitch a ride with the thread on the needle, so that you can pull the snag to the opposite side of the fabric and out of sight.

    • 6

      Pull the needle all the way out of the upholstery. If done correctly, the snag will disappear to the backside of the fabric.

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