[Jim_77]

Did nobody notice the needle at the top right of the picture?  Or do you mean a different sort? :s

Interesting tip Murk.  Don't the bulldog clips fall over into the middle of where you're working?  I think I have a couple somewhere, I'll try it out.

Doctor, although I get your point it's easier to learn the basics sitting comfortably at a table.  If you're struggling with aching knees and back then you're not concentrating fully on what you're trying to do.  Once you know what you're doing, then the creaky joints won't impinge on the job so much.  Just a thought.

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Jim

I take your point as well. But there must come a point, when comfortable sitting and practising, that you then practise on the floor. Your first floor job should not be on your clients expensive carpet.

Even better, practise taking a few tufts out of your own carpet and putting them back in. A fitted carpet is harder to practise on than a loose off-cut.

Doc

[murky]

Jim,

I went to the same school that you did but you were a few years above me. That string you used is probably Barber string, its known as barber twine (as in the jackets) its what the fitters use to hand sew seams in the body carpets.

Dr Carpet

The long bulldog clips simply fall over and give you a straight line to work to, any one else just get some off cuts from the local carpet shop skip, burn a hole in a small area, take some tufts from the out side and sew them in.

Practise makes perfect.

Murky