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Old fashioned curtains with little hooks

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mcem Wed 24-Oct-18 18:55:12

I have one pair of eyelet curtains on a pole.
Two pairs on poles with hooks.
All the others have pencil pleats on hooks and on 'traditional' rails.
For my sitting-room windows I need wider and longer than standard sizes. I find what I need on the elmet website.
Priced as ready-made but they do free alterations so I order 106" length and they adjust them to 104".

kittylester Wed 24-Oct-18 18:02:25

gmelon, my curtains have no holes in them but still hang from poles!

Jalima1108 Wed 24-Oct-18 17:14:21

www.dunelm.com/search/curtain+track?

Jalima1108 Wed 24-Oct-18 17:13:29

^but looking online they still hang from poles ^That's because poles are fashionable - but you don't have to be fashionable!

Jalima1108 Wed 24-Oct-18 17:12:21

I bought pencil pleated curtains from Dunelm which fit on to an track - I didn't want a pole or curtains with eyelets because they have blackout linings and are for a bedroom.

In fact, all our curtains are pencil pleated, some are on poles and some on tracks. The poles come with rings with an extended bit where the hook fits through iyswim.

M0nica Wed 24-Oct-18 16:25:03

All curtains whether they hang from a pole or a track are connected to the pole or track by the same little white hooks that look like music notation.

I have poles and tracks in my house and they all have those little white hooks

gmelon Wed 24-Oct-18 14:32:17

There are loads of pencil pleats around.
I won't have the curtains with the holes in. I like the traditional ones.

mcem Wed 24-Oct-18 13:09:44

Draw up the strings in the pencil-pleat heading tape of your new curtains to the correct width.
Then insert the hooks from your old curtains into the new ones and hang them on existing rail.
I can't see the problem.

shysal Wed 24-Oct-18 13:06:36

Pencil pleated curtains are fine with your type of rail. They can hang from poles too. You will have a choice of 3 cords on which to attach your hooks, just choose the position which makes your curtains look best.

Floradora9 Wed 24-Oct-18 12:50:23

We are forced to buy new living room curtains . Well at least I cannot bear ro look at the ones we have for another winter. At the moment we have the old fashioned curtain rail which you hang little hooks on . I cannot see anyone who sells ready made curtains to suit our rail . DH is reluctant to put up a pole but is that the only alternative ? The girl in Dunelm Mill said to look for pencil pleated curtains but looking online they still hang from poles . Help please .