Carpet Look & Feel Carpet Flooring Flooring How-Tos Flooring Fundamentals Carpet How To's Look & Feel Carpet Selection So where do you start? Take a deep breath and just ask yourself two basic questions: What is my budget? What kind of performance do I need? How to Select Carpet Loop Carpets The manufacturing of carpet-which can be described as sewing strands of yarn into a backing material - creates thousands of yarn loops. When these loops are tufted and left uncut, they are loop carpet Learn More About Loop Carpeting Patterned Carpets When the carpet is tufted with a high and low loop and left uncut, you have an unlevel, hi-lo or patterned loop. You can also have a patterned loop referred to as a cut loop. Learn More About Pattern Carpet Textured Carpets The terms texture, along with cut-pile, plush and even saxony, in carpet are some of the most widely used terms you will hear. The basic steps used to create all of these are pretty much the same. Learn More About Texture Carpet Twist Carpet Twist in carpet technically refers to the number of times the yarn/yarns are twisted. But you may see certain types of carpets referred to as twists. Learn More About Twist Carpet What's Berber Carpet? Ever been confused by the term berber? The key to understanding is to have a conversation with a sales associate to ensure that everyone is on the same page. Learn More About Berber Carpet