Glossary · construction
Hand-tufted
Yarn is punched through a stretched primary backing with a tufting gun, then a secondary backing is glued on.
A canvas is stretched on a frame; the pattern is transferred and the artisan feeds coloured yarn through a hand-held tufting gun. A latex adhesive and canvas backing lock the tufts in place, and the pile is then carved to finish. Production is far faster and unit-cost lower than [[hand-knotted]], with excellent design flexibility for large solid-colour blocks. Hand-tufted rugs shed more in the first months and are not reversible. See [[gsm]], [[pile-height]].