| ...is then sheered to a pre-determined height to give the pile uniformity. the more knots per square foot, the more valuable the rug.
hand-tufted - using a tufting gun, pile yarns are forced through a primary backing material known as a scrim. this process forms a looped pile, and if left uncut the rug is referred to as hand-hooked. if the loops are sheered off to create a cut-pile look, it is refe... |
| ...Fabrics and yarns that make up the back of the carpet as opposed to the carpet pile or face. In tufted carpet:
Primary backing - A woven or nonwoven fabric in which the yarn is inserted by the tufting needles.
Secondary backing - Fabric laminated to the back of the carpet to reinforce and increase dimensional stability.
In woven carpet, the backing is the "construction yarns" which are inte... |
| ...Separation of the secondary backing or attached cushion from the primary backing of the carpet... |
| ...The length of the tufts measured from the primary backing top surface to their tips. Pile tufts should be gently extended but not stretched during accurate measurement. This specification is expressed in fractions of an inch or decimal fractions of an inch in the U.S... |
| ...A method of carpet manufacture in which surface yarns are sewn or "punched" through a primary backing material. The needles of the tufting machine form loops which are hooked by loopers on the underside of the backing material and which remain loops in level or textured loop carpet. Alternatively, the loops are tufted and cut with knives to create cut pile carpet. The tufted fabric is then coated ... |