Which Wool Works for Carpet and Rugs ?
Wool Power�
Textile flooring remains one of the most popular ways to cover our floors , and quality wool carpets and rugs offer beautiful , soft and luxurious texture to the floor . Wool is highly practical due to the way it performs to optimum levels over many years ; the home and its busy floors can only benefit from the strength and natural resilience of wool .
Industry experts agree that choosing wool from carpet ranges that are made using good-quality wool blends is extremely important . The best carpet yarn for flooring is made from what is commonly called “ strong ” wool because , as the term says , it is strong and will resist extreme pressure over many years .
Which Wool Works for Carpet and Rugs ?
Wool from New Zealand and Great Britain are both highly suitable for the floor , and much of the wool grown there will go into this sector . The expertise and quality of the industry using the wool from these two countries further perfect the natural attributes of the fibre .
Perhaps to fully understand the performance potency of strong wool , it is important to remember that each wool fibre is powered in the same way as a tightly coiled spring , and so will constantly resist the pressure by springing back to its original form . Imagine the carpet populated by millions of individual strands of yarn that have this remarkable quality and you can understand why wool works so well in carpets .
Aesthetically , a good wool carpet or rug will transform the living area into a beautiful and comfortable space , and despite continuous use over key routes in the home , it will look beautiful for many , many years … and that is wool power . �
Left : the Welsh Halfbred breed grows a creamy white wool used in carpet blends . ( Image courtesy of British Wool ); above : Rochetto Mocha from the Brintons Renaissance Collection , image courtesy of Brintons .
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