vintage navajo rug restoration

If you ever come across a vintage Navajo rug that looks like it should be a rag, buy it if the price is right! It's amazing how easy and inexpensive it is to have it repaired. I purchased this rug on eBay for a very low price because it had several holes in it. 

I took it to Persian Rug Cleaning Co. in Los Angeles. They're a wonderful company: quick turnaround, exquisite workmanship and reasonable pricing.

It now looks like new. I can't even tell where the holes were. They also cleaned it.

The yarn along the wall is in every color imaginable. On the table are rugs waiting to be repaired.

 Here's a beauty that's next in line.

This one is just beginning to be repaired. First they locate the warp threads. Then they replace the ones that are broken. And finally they work new colored fill yarns in.

Reds are difficult to match.

These are natural undyed yarns that were used in my rug.