Fringe is the part of a rug that wears first and gets noticed most. We stop the unraveling, re-tie what can be saved, and replace what cannot with fringe that matches the rug, at our Long Island plant with free pickup and delivery.
On a hand-knotted rug, the fringe is not decoration sewn on at the end. It is the warp, the lengthwise threads that the whole rug is knotted onto, left long and tied off at each end. When fringe wears away, the knots at the end of the rug have nothing holding them and the rug starts losing rows. A rug that has lost a few inches of pile at one end lost it because the fringe went first.
On a machine-made rug the fringe usually is sewn on, and when it frays it is simply ugly rather than structural. Both kinds come through our plant, and the fix is different for each, which is why the technician looks at the back of the rug before quoting.
Vacuum beater bars, doorways, pets and years of foot traffic are what take fringe. Beach sand, which we see in rugs from Long Beach to the Hamptons, grinds it. Washing does not: fringe cleaned at a plant wash comes back white and combed, but a wash cannot put back what is already gone.
The repair depends entirely on which kind of fringe you have, so it is worth knowing. Turn the end of the rug over. If the fringe threads run straight into the body of the rug and the knots of the pile sit directly on them, the fringe is the warp of a hand-knotted rug and it is structural. If there is a line of stitching along the end and the fringe is attached below it, the fringe was sewn on after weaving, which is normal for machine-made rugs and for some hand-tufted ones.
On the hand-knotted rug, lost fringe means the end of the rug is open and every vacuum pass pulls at the last row of knots. That is the repair that cannot wait. On the sewn-on rug, the fringe is a trim: it can be replaced, shortened, or removed and the end serged, which many customers prefer for a cleaner look in a modern room. Both are small jobs at the plant; the difference is in urgency, and the technician will tell you which you have.
When fringe is short but the knots are still intact, we overcast or re-tie the warp ends so the end of the rug is locked and cannot lose another row. This is the smallest repair and the one we recommend most often, because it stops the damage before it reaches the pile.
When the fringe is uneven, with some tassels gone and some intact, we re-knot the remaining warp ends into clean, even tassels and rebuild the end finish. The result is the rug's own fringe, tidy again.
When the fringe is gone or the end of the rug has worn into the pile, we secure the end and sew on new fringe, hand-sewn on hand-knotted rugs and machine-sewn on machine-made rugs, in a color and length that matches. Rows of lost pile can be rewoven first if the rug is worth it.
The rug is picked up free, washed at the plant first so the new fringe is matched against clean wool, then repaired at the bench. Fringe work adds a few days to the normal 7 to 10 day wash turnaround. The technician writes the price at pickup; you know the cost before the rug leaves your house. If a corner is curling or an edge is also worn, we quote blocking or edge binding at the same time so there is one pickup and one delivery.
A new fringe on an old rug can look too white. We can tone it to match the age of the rug if you prefer, and we always ask. When the rug comes back the fringe is combed straight, the end is square, and the rug lies flat. Many customers add a pad at delivery because a rug that slides is a rug whose fringe gets caught.
Runners lose fringe faster than any other rug because both ends sit in doorways or at the top and bottom of stairs, where every step lands on them. Hall runners in the center-hall colonials of Garden City and Manhasset and the long upstairs hallways of Levittown capes come to us with one end bald and the other fine. The fix is the same: secure the end, re-tie or replace the fringe, and, for a runner that has to stay in a doorway, consider removing the fringe and serging the end so there is nothing to catch. For a stair runner we also check how it was fixed to the steps; a runner that creeps wears its fringe against the riser.
Fringe repairs are done at the plant after the wash; pickup and delivery are free in every town.
Our rug trucks are in Nassau every week: Garden City, Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, Glen Cove, Locust Valley, Syosset, Jericho, Woodbury, Massapequa, Merrick, Rockville Centre, Long Beach, Hewlett, Valley Stream.
And across Suffolk, from the South Shore to the East End: Huntington, Dix Hills, Melville, Smithtown, Commack, Babylon, Bay Shore, Islip, Brentwood, Deer Park, Lindenhurst, Hampton Bays, Kings Park, Brookhaven.
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Usually, if it is caught early. Short or uneven fringe with intact knots is re-tied and the end is secured. Only fringe that is gone, or an end that has worn into the pile, needs new fringe sewn on.
We match the color, length and style, hand-sewn on hand-knotted rugs and machine-sewn on machine-made ones, and we can tone new fringe so it does not look brighter than the rug.
New fringe and any rewoven rows are matched to the rug as it will look clean. Matching to a dirty rug gives you a repair that stands out after the next wash. The wash is quoted with the repair at pickup.
A few days on top of the 7 to 10 day plant wash. We give you a real date at pickup, and pickup and delivery are free across Nassau and Suffolk.
Replacing sewn-on fringe or serging the end of a machine-made rug is inexpensive and worth it if you like the rug. We will tell you at the door if the rug is not worth the repair.
Yes. Chewed fringe is one of the most common jobs. The end is secured, lost rows are rewoven if needed, and new fringe is sewn on. We also treat the rug for pet odor during the wash.
Same-day appointments across Nassau and Suffolk. Carpet from $25 per room (3-room minimum), $20 off any service when you book online, and a written price before we start.
