| In part 1 we looked at traditional curtain tapes. In | | | | that are painstakingly crimped into the curtain fabric |
| recent years other types of heading have come to | | | | using an eyelet press. Eyelets must have the front |
| the fore and have resulted in the decline in sales of | | | | and back pieces individually loaded into the press, |
| the traditional curtain tape. | | | | having first carefully measured and marked where |
| The most significant of these is the Eyelet heading. | | | | the eyelets are to be positioned across the top of |
| Eyelet headings now represent approximately 40% | | | | the curtain. |
| of the market, whereas 5 years ago they were | | | | Once created, the eyelet curtain does not use curtain |
| virtually unheard of. | | | | tape hooks or curtain pole rings, as the curtain pole |
| Most eyelet headings have individual metal eyelets | | | | threads through the eyelets themselves. |