The Staple of Carpet Making
Step one of carpet making begins with a bunch of loose strands of fiber that are referred to as staples.
These loose strands are heated and formed into slivers in a machine called a hopper.
After being taken out of the hooper these slivers are wound into a spool of fibers..
RAW MATERIALS FOR CARPET
Synthetics are plastics such as nylon (which is in 66% of all carpet), acrylics (15%), polyester (less than 15%), and polypropylene (less than 5%).
These pile yarns are dyed using a variety of organic chemical compounds, or occasionally, organometallic complexes..
Carpets can be produced on a loom quite similarly to woven fabric, made using needle felts, knotted by hand (in oriental rugs), made with their pile injected into a backing material (called tufting), flatwoven, made by hooking wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric, or embroidered..
Over ninety percent of all of the carpet made today is made up of synthetic fiber.
The rest is natural fiber, most commonly wool.
First, let's look at the most common synthetic fibers.
Synthetic fibers are usually made up of one of three materials: nylon, polypropylene or polyester..
Wool carpets are primarily available in two different formats: 100% wool carpet or 80/20 wool mix carpets.
Both blends can then be produced in both broadloom format or as carpet tiles, providing flexibility in installation method depending on where and how the wool carpets are being used..
Medium pile carpets are the Goldilocks of the carpet world.
Being able to be soft and hardwearing.
Featuring luxurious longer fibres, high pile, or shag pile carpets are best suited to low traffic rooms such as living rooms and bedrooms..
Carpet weaving was brought to India by the great Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 16th century and is known as Mughal carpets (or Moghul/Mogul carpets).
It is said that when Babur came to India, he was disappointed by lack of luxuries here.
He missed the luxuries of Persia, which included the Persian carpet..
The Origins of Carpet Flooring: Who Invented the Carpet? The very first rugs were carpets made of sheep wool or goat hair, and were created as early as 2000 or 3000 B.C.
They have been traced back to the Middle East, but the exact place of origin is still unknown..
Carpet Provides Warmth and Comfort
In colder climates or seasons, carpet retains warm air longer than other flooring types.
In addition to keeping your home cozy in the winter, this attribute conserves energy.
Carpet also provides a comfortable place to sit, play, or work and gives a room an overall warmer feeling..
