Basically you are doing horizontal stitches that are hidden inside the hanging sleeve.
How to finish a latch hook wall hanging.
You can fine tune it as you place the wall hanging.
Level the hanging by moving the hook up or down on the canvas on the backside.
Hold all four strand ends in one hand so that they are just about at the crook of your latch hook.
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.
Knot your thread off.
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Thread your tapestry needle with sturdy yarn or thread.
Smaller hangings will need hooks every 5 inches.
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Continue stitching around the horizontal canvas threads and through the hanging sleeve until you get to the other end.
Choose a binding that matches the color of the rug.
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Basic latch hook finishing.
This is how it should look when you are finished.
Pull the yarn to the right between the latch and the hook and then wrap it around the back of the hook.
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Supplies your nearly finished latch hook with 1 of empty rug canvas on all sides sturdy scissors tapestry needle yarn or strong thread.
Fold your 1 of unused rug canvas down at the back of your latch hook project.
Push your latch hook up underneath the first square where you want to place your yarn.
A tutorial on how to bind the edge of your latch hook rug to give it protection strength and tidy it up.
So i started this whole latch hook rug project a few weeks ago and spent about 4 hours a night hooking my new rug.
Just eyeball it to make the hooks level as you work across the wall.
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.
Cut all of the edges of the finished rug leaving two complete empty squares all around.
Secure rug binding to each empty canvas edge.
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Keep pushing the hook until the latch sits above the bottom line of the square.