Manufacturing Process of Carpets
Handmade Carpets
Carpet is a textile floor covering that is distinguished from the more general term RUG by being fixed to the floor surface and extending wall to wall. Hand-made carpets are traditionally more expensive than those made by machine, and hand-made carpets are very different from machine made carpets. As it is quite relevant from their names, hand-made carpets are woven by hands while machine –made carpets undergo treatments by various machine.Process
Sorting Wool and Washing
To pick out unwanted particle, carefully sorted out the wool. Wool is either imported or is brought from nearby markets. Wool often caries dust, grease which is removed by washing it thoroughly and is then sun dried for two-three days. The Tibetan wool has a strong good fibre length is imported in scoured form ,good lustre and a high resilient value .The New Zealand wool is of 36 micron , 100 mm barb length and is identified as type 128 . British wool meeting regulatory standards have also started being available if a customer so desire.Carding
The carding process allows the fibre stand to flow smoothly when spinning. This is also the stage for blending different wools and to ascertain the ratio of different origins. Traditionally, carding was performed by hand and machine carding was introduced when the industry grew. However hand carded product is still available if a customer desires.Spinning
The carded wool is spun into yarn by using a charkha or a spinning wheel. The thickness of the yarn depends on the quality of the carpet and generally a 3 ply yarn is used.
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