Re: Happy With Three Made-To-Order Braided Rugs
There are two types of braided rugs on the market. You have yarn over a paper core for inexpensive ones such as Colonial Braided / Capel, and then you have true cloth braids such at the ones from Thorndike Mills. The yarn wrapped over paper have a fairly short lifespan, the material is essentially man-made strings and abrades away with use. You cannot wash them as it will disintegrate the paper core, so they are use and throw away. A true cloth braid such as the better rugs from Thorndike will cost considerably more but will last a lifetime and can be cleaned. Just make sure to keep the rug sewn up if a thread breaks. Once they start to come apart from a broken thread you have to fix it or the entire rug will unravel. If you really like quality rugs and plan to use them for some time the true cloth with a high wool content is the way to go.
Last edited by drcollie; 03-01-2020 at 05:29 PM.
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