How Is A Wool Carpet Is Made?

Wool is one of the first materials ever used by humans - it’s been with us since the dawn of civilization; the first evidence of sheep being domesticated for wool.

1. Sheep:

The first part of the process - naturally - is to get some sheep. 

2. Shearing :

Once the sheep are ready (this can come at different times of the year depending on the breed and the climate) they are shorn, their fleeces removed and ‘skirted’ .

3. Washing and Scouring:

The fleece is then washed -the process is complex and delicate; care must be taken that the wool isn't agitated too much, or it will ‘felt’, the fibres matting together into clumps.

4. Picking :

Once the wool has been scoured, it goes through a process of ‘picking’ - this process separates the groups of fibres into small pieces. 

5. Carding :

Picking is followed up with ‘carding’, running the wool over a surface covered with tiny metal rods - rather like a hairbrush - which helps to further tease out and disentangle the individual strands. This make them into a more consistent, uniform material, 

6. Spinning :

Once the wool has been divided into roving, it is spun - the roving is gently removed from the rolls and transferred to smaller spools. 

This is then twisted to make yarn; by twisting several thin strands together, thicker, heavier yarn can be created - the number of strands translates to the ‘ply’ - for example, 3 ply yarn is made up of three smaller strands. Most carpet yarn is two or three ply, which has more resistance to flattening and wear than single-ply yarn. 

7. Dyeing :

Once the wool has been turned into yarn and spooled onto bobbins, it is dyed - it is usually placed in vats of dye mixed with water, and heated to high temperatures to help ‘set’ the colour. 

8. Construction :

Now you have your coloured yarn, it’s time to make the carpet!

9. Finishing :

There are several process which ‘finish’ a carpet.

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