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Next, insert the curved needle under the shot (A in Fig. 12.2), and leave the ends higher than the surrounding tufts, B. Pick up or "bloom" the tuft and surrounding tufts and cut flush with pile surface (C), with a nap scissors.

When making a multiple repair, insert the needle under each row shot, leaving loops longer than the pile surface between each sewn-in tuft. Pick up and trim them as though they were a single tuft.

Some fabrics are woven with the tufts looped around the bottom shot. In these cases, sew the tufts in the same as was described above, then turn the carpet over and if the area on the back appears noticeably without tufts, sew in a yarn patch flat under the back filling shot. A better-appearing darn can be made by this double-darning method than by trying to sew in the pile tufts from the back of the fabric.

When repairing round-wire or looped fabrics, the same methods are employed as are used in cut-pile fabrics, except that when sewing in the loops great care must be taken to make the loops exactly the same length as the surrounding loops, since they are sewn in and then left uncut.

The tuft of yarn is held under two filling shots in three-shot Velvet and Jacquard fabrics. When repairing these fabrics, care must be taken to sew in tufts in the same manner.

Special Care for "Lock-Weave" Types of Carpet. Many repairmen have eased the difficulty of burling lock-weave types of carpet in the following manner. Cut the tufts in the damaged area as close to the backing of the carpet as possible. Put a little acetone on the area and let it soak for a very short time. Then use the tweezers to remove the base of the tuft from the backing of the carpet.