Rug question

Maybe the new wife wasn't sure about wedded bliss? Good point! I can imagine her frantically ripping out all the plaits and cursing with each one!

Re planting. Pah! Plaiting.

I started re planting the wayward ones, then decided life is too short, but I do love the plaits.
There's only a few come undone.
Maybe the new wife wasn't sure about wedded bliss?

Agree with Aveline 're the person being single when the rug is started (and so the fringe is left loose). It's plaited at the other end because then she's married.

If you like them plaited MissAdventure you could spend many an idle evening with the rug across your lap and replait them all. Beats mucking about on GN

Oh no, it's not persion.
I did buy it from a brand that selects things from around the globe, though, I think.
Some of the tassels are undone, but I really quite like the plaits.
I'm not sure whether to redo them.

Were they 'persian' rugs? I believe whether or not the fringes are plaited or not has something to do with the person who hand made the rug. We have one which is plaited at one end and just fringed at the other and we're told this was because the girl that made it was single when she started and married by the end of it. Could be nonsense of course.