Wool is a natural and complex fibre which has many features that make it ideal as a carpet fibre due to it’s unique design. It is a versatile, safe and practical fibre that has been woven for clothes and furnishings for 25,000 years. It is a soft, comfortable, strong and naturally resilient fibre that requires very little in the way of added treatments to make it suitable as a carpet fibre.
As a carpet fibre it is unparalleled for quality and beauty and wool carpets are still regarded as the finest quality carpets made today. Almost all Australian wool carpets are made from New Zealand wool as it is a more stable fibre for carpet than Australian Wool.
Australian wool is of fine quality making it ideal for clothing but too soft for carpets, although there are now some strands of Australian Wool that are being developed for use in carpets.
Despite advances made in man-made carpet fibres, wool maintains its reputation as a fibre of choice for long-term appearance retention, beauty and prestige.