by Rug Chick | Jun 14, 2009 | Rug Care
Attack of the MACHINES! Now more than ever, you are seeing MACHINE made rugs coming through your doors. It used to be that these were still WOOL rugs, but today a number of olefin, polyester, and other synthetic fibers come your way. And they have “traditional” hand...
by Rug Chick | Jun 6, 2009 | Rug Buying, Rug Care, Rug Selling
Oriental Rug Freckles. Okay, the technical term is not “rug freckles” but that’s what I call them. (My blog, my vocab!) They are white knots. Sometimes a handful, like this: Sometimes HUNDREDS like this one: These exist with ALL hand woven rugs. Here’s what happens....
by Rug Chick | May 31, 2009 | Rug Buying, Rug Care, Rug Selling
Why Rugs Have Stripes. With hand woven rugs, the knots are tied (actually they are wrapped) around the foundation threads from side to side. Search google images for RUG LOOM – and you will find photos of looms – like this one of a Tibetan rug. The face fibers (in...
