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The edges are usually the longer sides of the rugs. They are finished in
either of two ways, selvedge or overcast, to create a durable finish. As mentioned
earlier, an overcast is a group of warps wrapped with a separate thread in circular
fashion creating a rounded finish. A selvedge is a single terminal warp or a cord formed
of various terminal warps is wrapped with the weft threads, forming an edge. In some
areas, the terminal warp threads are not wrapped by the wefts during the weaving process.
Instead, the side cord is added after the rug has been woven and removed from the loom. A
single cord is sewn on to the side of the rug.A point to be noticed here is that in such
cases, the edges rarely matches perfectly.
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Wool overcasting on the edge of a hand-made rug |
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Yarn serging on the edge of a machine- made rug |
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Selvedged edge of a machine-made rug |
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