Hi this is Ashley from Woodyatt Curtains an today we're going to do a demonstration video
on how to hang some pencil pleat curtains. I've taken these curtains straight out of
the packet. We always recommend if you look on the inside of the curtain tape you can
see some ironing instructions, to follow those clearly and lightly iron any creases straight
out before going to the next step. Ok so the next job is to Knott off one end at the top
of the curtain. If you don't knot of one end you could potentially pull all of the cords
through which will ruin the curtain tape and you will pretty much have to stitch it back
on so its very important that you knot this of properly. Pull these out, pull them out
right from the end. If you hold all three together and then pull the tape up slightly.
Its a little bit easier if you twist the cords together, an then all you need to do is a
simple knot. Do a nice big loop and then pull the remainder of the cord through. Then once
you have knotted it off you can tuck it in between the tape & curtain. The next step
we need to know is what is the finished width of each individual curtains. This is really
straight forward. They are a pair of curtains so one on each side, so the width you need
to pull the curtains up to is from the centre of the pole we've got here to the edge of
where the finial is. So basically where the curtain is going to cover. So for example
this one would be 115cm so that's what we need to pull the curtains up to. All curtains
are double gathered. This one is 229cm so we're going to pull up the heading tape on
this now so its 115cm so it will then fit the curtain pole. Right ok so you need to
go to the other end, you've got the same as last time. You've got your three cords, your
top, middle and bottom. Pull out these cords and start gathering up your curtain tape.
You want to try and get the curtain as even as possible so its not all gathered in one
area, probably just spend a minute or so trying to get it spread out as even as you can and
that's it. Now we have the 3 cords on the end we need to tidy up. Ok so now the next
job is to put a slipknot to tie these ends off. So top trick its a little bit easier
if you twist all three cords together like this and then one over the other, pulling
it through. So just like that you've done a slipknot and then you can push that into
the curtain tape. OK so if you have a look at a close up of the curtain pole you can
see here all the different rings. 1 to 15. So we have to divide those 15 rings by the
69 pockets on our curtain tape to see how far apart they need to be. When you put the
curtain hooks in, you can see the pockets on the curtain tape here, there's three different
levels that you can put them in depending on how high you want the curtains. For curtain
poles we normally recommend putting them in the top level. You simply slide the hooks
in upside down and then twist them in the right way round like that. Then simply work
across the curtain tape, every 4 or 5. So that its evenly spread so these 15 hooks are
spread all the way across. Ok so now the final step, find something safe to stand on and
then all you need to do is put the hook ins into the rings on the pole doing them one
at a time going along.
Ok so that's this side done then you simply need to do the same on
the other side of the pole and that's finished.
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