All About Overlocking / Edging Your Carpet Offcuts and Hallway Runners!

Now I'm going to give you an insight into what carpet edging and Hall Runners are all about and how come it's done.

Carpet comes in standard widths of 3. 6 or 4m wide. Sometimes you may get a lot of off cuts or non-e at all. Usually when carpet gets laid in a house you will end up by means of many off cuts, this is due to irregular size and shaped rooms.

Hallway Runners come in standard widths of 67cm or 80cm on rolls of 20-30 meters long, and once cut to length that ends need overlocking for a nice finished look and to stop the fraying of the ends.

What does one use the off cuts of carpet for?

In most cases people use the off cuts to place over the high potential customers areas of their new house, this helps to prolong the life of their newly laid carpet or wooden carpeting / flooring, areas like, Hallways, Doorways, Living rooms or Activity rooms are just some. Very commonly the off sizes and shapes, once Overlocked, are used to protect wood flooring or placed over tiles to add warmth, it's totally as much the individual but carpet isn't cheap, so why not make use of your off cuts!

What do you need Hallway Jogger Rugs for?

Many homes these days have wood or tiled floors and need Hallway Runners to provide warmth or character for decorative reasons. The other reasons for Hallway Runner Rugs is to protect your floor surfaces, since you have invested a lot of money etc . for them why wouldn't you want to look after them.

Another reason is for your own wellness, areas like in a kitchen for eg. standing on a runner rug for instance, is much better for your legs and additionally back than standing on a wood or tiled floor, they will also help to minimise the echoing with sounds and keep peoples feet warm when walking around their homes.

How is Carpet Overlocking executed?

Using a particular industrial sewing machine called a Carpet Overlocker.

We overlock a border of wool approximately 15mm wide. This will provide an outstanding finish to any Carpet Remnant and will also prevent your rugs from fraying.

Question?

What do I need to Do With My Offcuts?

Answer: You should work out what sizes you may want for areas that needs mats, usually doorways or traffic areas to help protect the new carpet etc . Then you definately need to check if there is enough carpet off cuts left over to make up the mats you require.

How should I enjoy the corners of my Mats or Runners finished off?

There are two ways the corners of pads or Hallway Runners are finished off.

For the majority of all Carpet Mats rounded corners are recommended, " this, it helps prevent the corners from curling up or dog earing, plus it's stronger as it's a really continual stitch, not to mention a neater finish, where as square corners have a weak spot where the overlocking will start and stops.

The standard method used for overlocking the ends of Hallway Runners is to have square factors, this is for a few reasons, firstly, there is usually a pattern on hallway runners and having round sides would cut part of the pattern off. Secondly, we can't always match the edging colour, so along with square corners the overlocking is only adjoining the original stitching at the very tip making it is less detectable.

What Overlocking colour to use?

The colour of yarn used is usually as close as possible to the carpet and also Hallway Runner, but we normally go a slightly darker shade as a general rule.

In some cases contrasting colours or even bright colours are also sewn on to the carpet remnants, it all comes down to individual preference and style.

Today you are ready! Just bring in your measurements and carpet to be quoted.

Well if you live in Perth West Australia, you can take your carpet remnants to Scattermats Rug Warehouse, where we have been overlocking and editing all types of carpets and rugs for over 28 years. We do all our carpet edging in-store in addition to we have the largest variety of yarn colours to choose from. Scattermats Rug Warehouse has been established since 1983.