Thought I would share a project I did where I rewove sections of a Kashan that had a chunk taken out at the end and also a corner that was gone down about 7 inches. I wish I had taken better pictures, but I bought the 8 by 10 for a good price and rescued it. I tried to match the cotton warp and sinuous and rigid weft (blue taken from another rug fragment) that was originally used. I had my husband build me a repair loom and using Peter Stones's book, I repaired the rug. I got lucky because the eroded areas only got into a little bit of the design, but for the most part, I used only 2 colored wool yarns (2 and 3-ply) and then had multiple colored yarns to use for the last row. I tied Persian knot depressed, open to the left and the knot count was @121 KPSI. The lines are not all straight in the back, but you really cannot tell from the front. I used pliers and hammered down the wefts and it took me a really long time. BUT, the mystery of it is gone now and I understand, plus I saved a rug. I had to make some adjustments to the final repair, adding additional warps to the jagged area and tightening up the structure to bring everything in line. But it was worth it!! he final rug is in tact.

Very impressed well done cartona

KAD,

Thanks!.. it's a Mashat (Mashad?), 1980's??...Wow!! I think I can see that now...

Cuzinbruce,
Thank you for the referral for the cleaner on Amazon. It did take a long time, but I learned a lot... later I was told by a rug repairer-- you don't need to use the same cotton weight wefts for repair-- it is ok to use the waxed linen thread for repairs inside the rug when it doesn't include the fringes. I had to invest in the correct shears for cutting the pile, but I still have not found a good resource for sharp needles for adding warp threads to existing warps. Does any body have a resource online for rug repair needles???

Thanks all.

Cuzinbruce,
Thanks for those great references. I am following up on several of them. Great that the forum is back up!!!

I was repairing another rug but was having difficulty finding cotton warp thread that was strong enough, but small enough to tunnel through the woven warp tunnel to extend the rug structure at the end of the rug for repairs for fine weaves. I take my rugs to be cleaned at a cleaning and repair shop in Pontiac, Michigan (Professional Rug Cleaners) where I got some helpful hints from the co-owner who is originally a Turkman from Afghanistan. He advised using nylon thread, going up 2 or more rows, pulling that through the warp tunnel and then hooking the cotton warp thread through the nylon thread which is pulled back into the same warp tunnel, offset and down again to the next cotton warp thread that will become the new fringe (which is attached to the tension rod and where all of the weaving of the knots is done. I have a project to use this on and will take pictures while I am doing this.
Thanks all for all your helpful comments and references.