The quality of wool carpet is difficult to assess at a cursory glance. Sheep cannot be contractually bound to produce yarn of a known quality and many breeds produce yarn which is beautifully fine, but not good when trodden on. Poor quality pile is often betrayed by the appearance of little white fibers. If you see an excess of these, look at the next carpet. Cheap wool carpets are usually a bad buy.
A good patterned loop carpet is always better value for money. Some cheap carpets have a percentage of reclaimed wool in their pile. In this case ‘reclaimed’ is really understatement for second-hand. It doesn't wear well in carpets. There is often a great disparity in the prices of twist pile carpets that apparently look the same. The differences between them determine to ‘blend’ of the yarn used in the construction of carpet.
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