Wool Carpet

The wool used in carpets varies greatly. The best grades of Indian wool are used for medium quality carpets while imported wool blended with Indian high-grade wool is used for superior quality carpets. For our fine quality carpets, carpet's worsted yarn is used. The best quality carpets made with high-grade wool develop a beautiful lustre after use and therefore old carpets have special values. Today, however, when customers desire to have that effect immediately, the wool is washed with special chemicals to enhance its natural lustre. Traditionalists however maintain that the process not only reduces the life of the carpet but also fails to produce the same lustre that comes with age and use. They also believe that carpets should never be dry-cleaned. Instead, they should be washed with ritha (a kind of hard berry which is ground and then soaked in water to produce a rich lather with which the carpet is brushed) .