There are three basic materials that are used in rugs weaving – cotton , sheep skin and natural silk. The wool of camels and goats can be found in nomads’ rugs. In most of hand-made wool area rugs, the knots and the pile are also made of sheep wool. Softness, durability and quite a low cost, in comparison to silk – all these distinguish wool area rugs from other carpets.
Besides it is very comfortable to weave rugs from. It makes sheep wool a unique material to weave wool area rugs from. It is possible to add some goat or camel wool to make wool area rugs shine more intensively.
But you shouldn’t abuse, because it is difficult to paint such wool area rugs after that. In fact, the sheep, which graze high in the mountains, have the wool of the highest quality. The wool from Iran and Caucasian region is rated highly. Excellent wool area rugs can be purchased in China, Australia and New Zealand.
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