Wool Area Rugs

There are different kinds of wool which are used in the manufacturing of rugs. The wool of camels and goats are the most common for some eastern countries. For example such rugs are used by desert nomads. But sheep wool is considered to be the best. Sheep wool area rugs can vary in quality. This depends on many factors such as sheep nutrition, age, sort and so on.

Sometimes different kinds of wool are mixed to achieve new characteristics in the resulting wool area rugs. If you add some goat or camel wool, this will make wool area rugs shine more intensively. But you shouldn’t abuse, because it is very hard to paint such wool area rugs after that.

The better wool is the more durable rugs can be weaved from it. In fact, the sheep, which graze high in the mountains, have the wool of the best quality. The wool from Iran and some other countries is rated highly. Excellent wool area rugs can be purchased in China, Australia and New Zealand.