In article , aspasia wrote:

Well... carpet thread seems like an obvious solution.
Thanks...but I actually didn't know there WAS such a thing.
I tried to Google the term, but no luck. Carpet stores around
here seem to just sell the carpet, no repair/maintenance items.
Where to look?

I'd try looking for sailmakers tools. Here's one such example:

http://us.binnacle.com/index.php?cPath=28_252

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