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One sheep can produce as much as 30 pounds of wool each year! There are many different kinds of sheep and each produces different kinds of fibers. The fleece from the fine wool sheep has the highest value because fine wool sheep produce a smaller and higher quality fiber. Sheep that produce larger lower quality fibers are typically called carpet wool sheep. Area rugs made from fine wool sheep include our Foreign Accents Chateau wool area rugs. These rugs are made from the highest quality fibers which only come from fine wool sheep from New Zealand! Most area rug manufactures use a carpet grade wool in their products which contains a much coarser fiber. Foreign Accents wool rugs are made from either the New Zealand fine wool sheep or other fine wool sheep from China and around the globe

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Discount Wool Rugs and Discontinued Wool Rugs

It is easy to shop for wool area rugs! Use the "Start Shopping" button on the left. Simply enter in a size or material such as "fine wool" and press "Start Shopping" button. Our selection of wool area rugs come from Foreign Accents and Rugs America. Foreign Accents contemporary wool rugs have very modern designs and many are made from pure New Zealand wool. Rugs made from such fine wool are strong and very soft to the touch! There are always new designer rugs coming in stock and that means room has to be made for them. This is good news for our customers because The Rug Pile can offer discontinued rugs at discount prices! Just because our discount wool rugs can be as much as 50% off, that does not mean they are not made from the same fine wool! These discount wool rugs are fabulous deals! Browse our discount area rugs to find these great deals!   

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About Your New Home Accent

The beauty and practicality of your new home accent are usually the first things to greet you when unrolling your new purchase. There can, however, be a few things that might alarm a consumer who is new to the whole business of area rug shopping. But never fear! Most of these odd goings-on have very logical explanations and solutions. Modified acrylic rugs, almost always hand-tufted, usually suffer from a few lost strands in transit. This type of yarn has thick strands with little fraying – very clean and stable. When tufted into the rug template, the yarn is not likely to bind to other strands – for example, wool is fuzzy and can “interweave” to other strands nearby. The tufting process actually punches the yarn to a heavy hemp-like template, followed by a heavy dose of latex adhesive and cotton backing to “hold” the yarn to the template. It is to be expected that the latex glue may not grab every single strand of yarn and dislodging occurs. So, strands may be loose once the rug is unpacked and also during the first few months of vacuuming. On the bright side, the dense weave will allow for many strands to go their merry way without affecting the overall look of the rug and design pattern. Once the new rug is unfurled and added to the home décor, the look is complete! Well, sort of. Often times, the ends and/or edges are “curled” upward. There are several ways to tackle this problem: time – gravity will eventually pull the edges to lay flat; books – large coffee table editions will assist with “ironing” these stubborn areas; backwards roll – simply roll the rug inside out and store for a few days to “set” the new direction of the edges. With particularly difficult creases, more common to thinner, machine-made poly rugs, heavy furniture can do the trick. Rugs are made all over the world – America, India, Egypt, China and Belgium just to name a few places. Every so often, usually with foreign import area rugs, there can sometimes be, shall we say, a less than pleasant aroma. Whether this occurs during shipping, manufacture or with the yarn itself, these scents will dissipate with time. Unrolling the new rug in a well ventilated area for a few days usually works. The latex used for adhering the backing to hand-tufted rugs is thought to be the major culprit. Most common to wool rugs, shedding occurs for the first few months of owning a new rug. This is a normal part of the wear process and will eventually establish a rich patina within the weave that actually serves as protection against further wear and tear. Remember that wool rugs are usually hand-made, either by tufting or knotting – wool fibers are short & coarse – ever seen a long-haired sheep? The thinner loose fibers will work their way to the top of the pile and be vacuumed up with normal housekeeping. It may be over six months before the shedding is mostly eliminated and many vacuum bags will be filled during this process. With machine-woven area rugs, the shedding issue is virtually eliminated due to a much tighter weave and shorter, denser rug pile height.