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A hand tufted rug is made by punching strands of wool into a canvas which is stretched on a frame. This is accomplished with the help of a hand operated tool. This process is not very time intensive, and does not require the same level of skill that hand-knotting does.

After piling with wool, the rug is removed from the frame and a scrim fabric is glued to the back, while a fringe is added by either sewing on, or gluing.

A hand-tufted rug is created without tying knots into the foundation, but rather by pushing wool or arcylic yarn through a primary backing, creating a ‘tuft’. Then, using a latex glue to hold the ‘tufts’ in place, a rugmaker will apply a secondary foundation, or ‘scrim’, which is then covered by a third and final cloth backing to protect your floor. The final step involves shearing the tops of the looped tufts to create the pile. The height of the pile is determined by how much yarn is cut off, and how far the initial loop was pushed up.

One of the important aspects to be remembered is that sunlight damages to the rug on the long term. No one expects for people to completely keep the hand tufted rugs away from sunlight. However, you should use your curtains when you leave the house for longer periods or when the sunlight is extremely strong and you don’t need light in the room anyways. Also, it can be very helpful to rotate the rug from time to time – this way, the colors won’t fade only on one side as a consequence of sunlight exposure and the overall look of the rug won’t seem that faded. The turning around of the hand tufted rugs is also recommended for the effect of foot steps over it to be spread evenly on the entire surface of the rugs. This detail is essential to make sure that the rugs won’t deteriorate much one a single area.