{"id":7,"date":"2014-05-13T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.33.10\/blog\/2014\/05\/13\/determining-rod-pocket-sizes\/"},"modified":"2018-04-17T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:00:39","slug":"determining-rod-pocket-sizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/determining-rod-pocket-sizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Determining Rod Pocket Sizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What size rod pocket do\u00a0you need?<\/p>\n<p>Here are some basic\u00a0guidelines for determining what size of a rod pocket you will need for various sized <a href=\"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/products\/accessories\/rods.html\">curtain rods<\/a>.\u00a0 Having the correct sized rod pocket will make all the difference in how the drapery will look once it is shirred (gathered) onto the curtain rod or pole.<\/p>\n<p>Having too large of a drapery pocket will make the curtain panel &#8220;swim&#8221; on the rod. By the same token\u00a0too small <!--more-->of a pocket and you&#8217;ll be need to get hardware.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Take up&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> refers to the distance the drapery will shorten (inch up) after it is shirred onto the hardware. This number is especially important when using thick round diameter poles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Rod Size\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u201d diameter round pole<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Pocket\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 \u2013 4 \u00bd\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Take-up\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Rod Size\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 3\/8\u201d \u2013 1 \u00bd\u201d diameter round pole<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Pocket\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 \u00bd &#8211; 3\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Take-up\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 3\/8\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Rod Size\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\/4\u201d diameter round pole<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Pocket\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 \u00bd\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Take-up\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\/4\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Rod Size\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/2\u201d curtain rod<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Pocket\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Take-up\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7\/16\u201d-1\/2\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Rod Size\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 \u00bd\u201d wide flat continental rod<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Pocket\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 \u2013 3 \u00bd\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Take-up\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\/8\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Rod Size\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 \u00bd\u201d wide flat continental rod<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Pocket\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 \u2013 5 \u00bd\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Take-up\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\/8\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What size rod pocket do\u00a0you need? Here are some basic\u00a0guidelines for determining what size of a rod pocket you will need for various sized curtain rods.\u00a0 Having the correct sized rod pocket will make all the difference in how the drapery will look once it is shirred (gathered) onto the curtain rod or pole. Having [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[80,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}