dont know how to attach curtains to the pole!

[rosiejoy]

please could someone help me out here, i'd be really grateful....

i have a curtain pole already attached to the wall, it has wooden rings on it, and each of these has a tiny ring at the bottm (so i guess these are used to attach curtains).

my curtains have curtain tape attached to the top.

ok, so ihave used 'glider'hook things before, obviously they are no use with wooden pole, and i have curtain hooks, but doesnt seem to make sense, the curtains will slip right off because when i put it through the mini-ring at the bottom of the curtain ring on the pole, the hook hangs upside down....

does any of this make sense to anyone???
please?!

You are putting the hooks on your curtains the wrong way round, they need to face downwards once they are on. Then slip them onto the small holes at the bottom of the rings on the pole.

Fluffy's right, you point the hook upwards iyswim, then twist it towards you so it points downward.

Don't forget to measure he pole width and gather the heading up to fit.

And leave one ring outside the bracket so the curtains stay in place and don't slide.

Have you got the right hooks? They need to look a bit like this 9 (and that way up not, as Fluffy says, like this 6)

hmm, i think im still missing the link here

when i tried it i had it so the hook was facing down...but how do i attach the curtain to the curtain hook then? thats what i meant by it would slip off? do i need something else to attach the curtain to the curtain hook?

[[http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/166-6230070A67UC324418M.jpg Here] (I love google image search!)

Yes 9 is exactly what it looks like...so where does the curtain itself come in?

Argh, but not my linking skills

Here

If you have it the right way up, it won't slip off though. Are they 9 shaped?

Take the long pointy end, slip upwards through one of the slits on the tape (top, middle or bottom depending on the length you need) then pull the whole hook up and over so the long pointy bit is now pointing down.

Now hook the pointy bit through your curtain ring.

Does that make any sense?

Are you putting the hooks on the curtain header first, then attaching to rings?

thanks for link, yes they are hooks i have- but where does the curtain go on there? i can loop it through the tiny rings at bottom of curtain rings but then....im left holding my curtians wondering where they go!

Crapweasel's explanation is good!

ok, off to give it another try, thanks, will be back...

Hook them on your curtains first!

See here for a visual aid

Good luck rosie, we're all rooting for you now

got it! thanks for all the help, crap weasel that was great description thanks!

Any time!