What is a hand tufted rug?

Hand tufted rugs can be some of the thickest plushest and heaviest types of area rugs.

They begin with a drawing on canvas of the design that shows what and where the colors are going to be tufted.

The correct colored yarn is then inserted through the canvas with a tufting gun that has a needle with the yarn running through the eye of the needle.

The tufting gun is guided by a person that is skilled in this process.

The rug is then put through a shearing machine that smoothes and evens out the pile.

A secondary canvas backing that locks the yarn in place is attached to the primary canvas back.

The edges of the rug are hand finished with over cast stitching.

A good quality tufted wool and silk rug like the Nourison 2000 Collection and Nourison 3000 Collection can be as beautiful as hand knotted wool and silk rugs that sell for five times the price.