A rug is a thick, heavy fabric that has a pile and is used as a floor covering. Merriam-Webster defines it as “a piece of thick, often tufted, cloth that is affixed to the floor and serves to cover or decorate it”. The main difference between a carpet and a rug seems to be movability. Carpets are usually larger than the room they are placed in and affixed to the floor. Rugs are generally smaller, and they can be rolled up to be transported from one place to another.
Materials used in a rug are divided into two categories- natural and synthetic. Wool and cotton are the most commonly used fibers in rugs, although other types such as silk, jute, sisal, and hemp are also sometimes found. Synthetic materials include polyester, polypropylene, and PET-yarn.
The warp threads are the vertical (lengthwise) fibers that hold the rug together, while the weft is the horizontal fiber which creates a filler to keep the knots from coming untwisting as the rug is being woven. The number of wefts used in a rug is determined by the size of the rug and the type of weave.
Fringes are the ends of the weft threads that may be weft-faced, braided, tasseled, or otherwise secured. The fringes of village and nomadic rugs are especially notable, as they may incorporate pile-woven tribal or village crests. Occasionally, a rug will have flat-woven kilim ends made by shooting in wefts without pile at the beginning and end of the weaving process; these provide additional reinforcement to the carpet.
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