Hooked rugs are primarily created by hand using a hook similar.
What does hand tufted rug mean.
Traditionally tufted rugs were made by hand and were usually used as garments with the woolen side facing inwards and the warp and weft foundation as the outside.
For example area rugs that are hand knotted may take 6 9 months but a hand tufted area rug may take only a day.
Because of this difference in value it is important to pay careful attention to the differences between a hand tufted rug and a hand knotted rug.
Another characteristic of tufted rugs is the backing is normally covered by a canvas backing or a non slip rubber backing.
Hand tufted rugs may also involve the use of a shuttle a small machine operated manually that speeds the rug hooking process along.
The tufts of a hand tufted rug tend to loosen up and come out over time.
On a tufted rug the fringe will be sewn or glued on the the back.
Because the fringe is and essential part to a hand knotted rug makers of hand tufted rugs are glued or sewn on a fringe to make the rug appear authentic.
A tufted rug in the making.
The high quality of the knots makes a hand knotted rug outlast a hand tufted one.
This makes it very easy to tell the difference between knotted rugs and tufted rugs.
This was particularly the case with mittens.
When to choose a hand knotted rug over a hand tufted rug.
A close up look at how tufted yarn stands up straight to be clipped.