One of the more common questions we receive is do the wool rugs artisans list on Anou shed? If so, how much? And lastly, is there anything that can be done to minimize the shedding? Since we’ve launched the Atlas Wool Supply Co, we’ve invested an immense amount of time researching and testing various wool samples from across Morocco to find actual answers to these questions.
The first thing to know is that most natural fiber rugs will shed and all wool based rugs will shed to some extent. This is normal. Wool particularly though is a great fiber because it has a natural crimp, which the enables the wool fibers to interlock with each other and limits the the rate in which individual fibers to be pulled from the yarn. The crimp and spinning technique with other natural fibers may increase or decrease the shedding of a rug, but wool is always a great option.
