There are three basic materials that are used in rugs weaving – natural silk, sheep skin, and cotton. The wool of goats and camels can be found in desert nomads’ rugs. In most of hand-made wool 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 rugs from other carpets.
Besides it is very suitable to work with. It makes sheep wool a unique material to weave wool rugs from. It is possible to add some goat or camel wool to make wool rugs shine more intensively. But you shouldn’t abuse, because it is difficult to paint such wool rugs
after that.
As a rule, the sheep, that graze high in the mountains, have the wool of the highest quality. The wool from Iran and the Caucasian Mountains is valued highly. Excellent wool rugs can be purchased in China, Australia and New Zealand.
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