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Understanding knot count
What knot count can tell you, and what it cannot, about the character and quality of a handmade rug.
Guides
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Expertise
Plain-language resources for anyone who wants to understand, choose, and care for a handmade rug.
The guides
- 01 Caring for a rug Vacuuming without wrecking the fringe, how often to rotate, when a pad actually matters, and what to do in the first minute of a spill.
- 02 Storage and pests Getting creases out of a folded rug, wrapping one properly for storage, and catching moths before they take a wool pile apart.
- 03 Materials Every fiber we weave in, where it comes from, and whether it is protein or bast. Wool, silk, linen, hemp, cactus, banana, bamboo.
- 04 Construction What knot count tells you and what it does not, how to read it on the back of any rug, and hand-knotted against hand-woven.
- 05 Sizes and placement Every standard size we stock, and how to place a rug in a living room, dining room, bedroom or hallway without getting the proportion wrong.