What are ways to make a carpet?
Tufting
Weaving
Knitting
Hand knotted carpets (mother of all carpets)
Non-woven
What is the Axminster carpet
(woven carpet), recreate hand knotted carpet for weft you can arrange the order of colors
What is the double woven carpet?
Making carpet with double weave=>2 woven parts are connected and sliced open => you get two carpets => the longer the distance the higher piles
What is fading?
temporary, “stains” in fabrics
often for long piles
What is shading?
not recoverable (marks that stay forever)
What are the two types of piles in tufted carpets?
loop piles
cut loop pile
What are two ways to make cut loop piles?
right after, or shave it (you can make shapes in the carpet)
What is the Wilton carpet?
recreate hand woven look with machine
is a way of rod weaving => use knife to cut piles (hairs on top of carpet)
What are piles ?
Hair on carpets
How do you make double woven carpets?
2 woven parts are connected and sliced open => you get two carpets => the longer the distance the higher piles
What are slim yarn fabrics used for?
for carpet on the walls
Why are the fibers in yarns mostly square fibers?
To cover up dirt
its harder to see dust/dirt
What are materials that are typical used in carpets?
BCF yarns, Antron fiber, PP, polyamide, Wool, Acrylic
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