Carpet, Rugs and Durry of Die Designer Studio
Term "carpet" can be applied to a floor covering that covers an entire house, A carpet is a textile floor covering consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing and can be produced on a loom quite similar to woven fabric.. The pile was traditionally made from wool and silk, but, since the 20th century, synthetic yarns (such as polypropylene, nylon or polyester) and other natural yarns (such as cotton and jute) are widely used, as these fibers are less expensive than wool and silk. Carpets are used for a variety of purposes, including insulating a person's feet from a cold tile or concrete floor, making a room more comfortable as a place to sit on the floor, reducing sound from walking and adding decoration or color to a room. Carpets can be made in any color by using differently dyed fibers. Carpets can have many different types of patterns and motifs used to decorate the surface. Now a day’s carpets are widely used in industrial and commercial establishments such as retail stores and hotels and in private homes. A huge range of carpets and rugs are available at many price and quality levels, ranging from inexpensive, synthetic carpets that are mass-produced in factories and used in commercial buildings to costly hand-knotted wool rugs which are used in private homes of wealthy families.Types of carpet
Knotted carpet - A knotted carpet is a carpet containing piles, from the cut off ends of knots woven. A pile carpet is influenced by width and number of warp and weft, pile height, knots used, and knot density. The structural weft threads alternate with supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular angle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knots to form the pile or nap of the carpet. Knots are tied in rows, one to each pair of warp threads, which may then be pushed down to make the rug more solid. The interwoven warp and weft threads form the carpet's foundation, and the design comes from the rows of knots.
Woven Carpet - The woven carpet is produced on a loom quite similar to woven fabric. The pile can be plush or Berber. Plush carpet is a cut pile and Berber carpet is a loop pile. There are new styles of carpet combining the two styles called cut and loop carpeting. Normally many colored yarns are used and this process is capable of producing intricate patterns from predetermined designs. These carpets are usually the most expensive due to the relatively slow speed of the manufacturing process.
Needle felt - Needle felts are produced by intermingling and felting individual synthetic fibers using barbed and forked needles forming an extremely durable carpet. These carpets are normally found in commercial settings such as hotels and restaurants where there is frequent traffic.
Tufted Carpet - Tufted carpets are those carpets, in which pile injected into a backing material, which is itself then bonded to a secondary backing made of cotton fabric. Now a day’s 90% carpet produced in the world is tufted carpet. The production cost of tufted carpet is very low and it can be weave in one or two days, while the production cost of same amount of knotted carpet is very high and it takes roughly two months to weave.
Shaggy Carpet - Shaggy carpet is a carpet that has a deep pile, one to two inches in length, giving it a shaggy appearance. In recent days shaggy carpets are very popular, it is a soft flooring choice that is available with modern colors that have been created for contemporary indoor styles. Shaggy carpet carries more than 100 choices in varying degrees of pile, a variety of fibers, and colors and patterns. Shaggy carpets are very durable and It is made from natural and synthetic fibers, and are naturally stain resistant and insulating, keeps cool in summer and warm in winter.
