Choose a binding that matches the color of the rug.
How to finish a latch hook wall hanging.
Level the hanging by moving the hook up or down on the canvas on the backside.
Thread your tapestry needle with sturdy yarn or thread.
Hold all four strand ends in one hand so that they are just about at the crook of your latch hook.
Pull the yarn to the right between the latch and the hook and then wrap it around the back of the hook.
Cut all of the edges of the finished rug leaving two complete empty squares all around.
How to finish a completed latch hook rug.
Basic latch hook finishing.
You can fine tune it as you place the wall hanging.
One down one million to go.
A tutorial on how to bind the edge of your latch hook rug to give it protection strength and tidy it up.
I started with knocking off my own mondrian inspired painting over at mom spark.
This is how it should look when you are finished.
If you are left handed you are probably going to want to start at the left end of your sleeve and sew to the right.
Hang the latch hook wall hanging by sticking the picture hanging hooks through the holes in the canvas on the back side of the latch hook.
Knot your thread off.
Push your latch hook up underneath the first square where you want to place your yarn.
Secure rug binding to each empty canvas edge.
Continue stitching around the horizontal canvas threads and through the hanging sleeve until you get to the other end.
Part two of this wave of primary colors is a new rug for my.
Fold your 1 of unused rug canvas down at the back of your latch hook project.
Smaller hangings will need hooks every 5 inches.
Just eyeball it to make the hooks level as you work across the wall.
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Pull the yarn up and to the left keeping the yarn under the latch.
Keep pushing the hook until the latch sits above the bottom line of the square.
So i started this whole latch hook rug project a few weeks ago and spent about 4 hours a night hooking my new rug.