Both of my braided rugs had spots where the lacing was breaking. Not surprising in the larger one, which spent most of winter outdoors a few years ago, while I was deciding if I wanted to keep it. The wool in the braids came through that fine, but the cotton rug warp yarn that I used to lace them together didn't.
The repairs were simple, but tedious: pull out the lacing back to where it is good enough, tie on a new piece, thread the other end into a blunt yarn needle, and re-lace until the other end can be tied.
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We have a door where the doorknob assembly has a loose plate that won't stay up against the door like it is supposed to. There are no screw holes, just two tiny spikes on the back, which won't hold at all, unless I pound on it. I figured out a way of winding leather lacing around the doorknob shaft so the plate can't slide.
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I also began working on the edge of the living room rug. I'm doing a row of whip stitches along the worn edge, using crewel-weight wool yarn, to cover and protect the bare threads. I happened to have yarn that goes well with the rug. A lot of our things are survivors from the '80s when country blue was a trend, and they coordinate well.
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We had a good Thanksgiving, just ourselves, and then on Saturday Grandma came in with ten dozen homemade sugar cookies and everything needed to decorate them in a well-planned operation. Those cookies are in her garage in tins now, waiting for Christmas. It will be fun to see them again and recognize who decorated what. She also brought some cookies just for eating on the spot--store-bought cookies that she mostly bought for the tins.
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