The high quality of the knots makes a hand knotted rug outlast a hand tufted one.
What does hand tufted rug mean.
The shorter amount of time keeps the price low at the expense of quality.
Another characteristic of tufted rugs is the backing is normally covered by a canvas backing or a non slip rubber backing.
Traditionally tufted rugs were made by hand and were usually used as garments with the woolen side facing inwards and the warp and weft foundation as the outside.
On a tufted rug the fringe will be sewn or glued on the the back.
When to choose a hand knotted rug over a hand tufted rug.
Hand tufted rugs can be mass produced with a computerized pattern whereas hand knotted rugs will vary depending on the master rug weaver and their level of skill.
Hand knotted rugs have superior value because they are original not mass produced.
Hand tufted rugs may also involve the use of a shuttle a small machine operated manually that speeds the rug hooking process along.
A tufted rug in the making.
A close up look at how tufted yarn stands up straight to be clipped.
This was particularly the case with mittens.
The tufts of a hand tufted rug tend to loosen up and come out over time.
This makes it very easy to tell the difference between knotted rugs and tufted rugs.
For example area rugs that are hand knotted may take 6 9 months but a hand tufted area rug may take only a day.