Berber Carpet
Sunday, July 5th, 2009Berber Carpet
Berber carpet is a popular style because of its wool-like and rugged look, its durability, and its economic cost. Berber, also called high level loop, is a weave of tight yarn loops that stand upright in a nubby texture. Looped carpets like the berber weave help hide footprints and vacuum marks. These loops are easier to clean than cut-pile or plush where the loops are cut and exposed to accumulate more dirt. But like any other carpet style, berber carpets come in a wide variation of quality, style, and performance. Berber carpet is totally different from the modern mass produced berber carpets usually known in the west. They are much more sophisticated and are made of natural materials.
The berber style comes in many different carpet fibers, including the higher-end wool or nylon, polyester, and the less expensive olefin (polypropylene) and petro-plastic (pet). Recently, the cheaper cost and extra lifespan of synthetic fibers like olefin have made these carpet fibers more popular. What homeowners fail to understand is that these synthetic fibers more quickly become saturated with dirt. Berber carpet is best cleaned by avoiding the use of a brush on a vacuum in favor of simple suction. Try using baking soda, vinegar and water to soak up carpet stains before using a vacuum with.
Berber carpet is named after the berber tribe of people in northwestern africa. Typically, the berbers used this type of fabric, usually made of. Hair, not only to cover flooring but also to wear as cloaks. Though many of the berber peoples lived in desert to semi-desert environments, nights could be bitingly cold. This type of carpet helped stave off such cold, and archaeological digs have found examples of it dating as far back as the stone age. Today, the berber people may still make cloaks of this warm, dense material.
