How to bind unraveling fringes when the fringes are very short

We recently got a question from one of our readers, Dave Wagner, inquiring how to bind fringes to prevent further unraveling when the fringes are already quite short, most often by years of wear and tear.  In these instances, I use cotton in between every few knots along the edge of the rug as shown in the picture below:

 

On the front side of the rug, the cotton thread disappears into the pile, but on the reverse the binding is more evident as the picture illustrates.  This binding technique is very effective, but as usual, clients must take care not to vacuum fringes or pull the binding out so as not to leave fringes vulnerable to damage. --www.traditionalrugrepair.com