It is the most common thing that customers want to know if there is any Difference between the built, quality and durability of hand-knotted Rugs and hand-tufted rugs. Everybody has a complete right to know that what you are getting while investing in these expensive decor materials. In this article, we will address such common queries that you have in your mind to distinguish between both the “Area Rugs“ which will help you in your buying decision. There are some factors which we have explained to notice the difference between two rugs.

→ Built: Most of the customers believe that hand-knotted and tufted rugs are the same but there are so many differences that you need to know. Artisans weave hand-knotted rugs by their hands using single strands of fabric which may take a year to complete its design and size while hand-tufted rugs are built by tufting gun to trace the design and the process takes a single day to get completed. The design of hand-knotted rug on the back will be the mirror image of the design on the front whereas the back will be blank in hand-tufted rugs.

→ Material: The material plays a crucial role in determining cost and durability as well as creating an ideal design. Generally, craftsmen use natural materials like wool, silk, jute, cotton to make hand-knotted rugs. Sometimes, artisans use combination of different materials into single hand-knotted rug. Even hand-tufted rugs have heavy use of natural materials, particularly wool. They are less labor-intensive so artisans use different fabrics to make the rug.

→ Appearance: However, both the rugs can work wonderfully for making a home beautiful. If you are an ardent rug collector then only the difference matter to you otherwise both the rugs appear same to you. “Hand knotted Rugs“ are of organic appearance as they are made completely from scratch and may include slight variations in knot sizes on the fringe where as hand-tufted rugs appear to be same as handmade rugs, you just have to check their back and fringe to catch the difference.

→ Texture: The material impacts more over the texture than the weaving technique. There are only few variations that you can detect in both the rugs. Usually, both the “Hand Tufted Rugs“ and handmade rugs tend to be thicker and coarse to the touch. They both have high degree of resistance to compression if you squeeze the rug. Thus, you cannot judge these rugs on the basis of texture. You can just distinguish them on the basis of fringe difference.

Hence, there is no magic formula to determine that which of the two rug styles will work best for you. It depends upon you what you need or in which rug you are willing to invest in or how much wear you think it have to endure because both of the rugs have potential to fit your needs. It’s all your choice that which of the rug you want to buy, as carpet store in Thailand is there to help you make the best decision.

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