Pam,

Thanks for this perspective. I’ve never experienced shedding with my any wool rugs. Maybe it depends on the weave? I do have one hand knotted one that doesn’t shed at all. As for the moths, I’ve never had this experience either. We do have a few moths but those sticky traps have always kept them under control for us.

Andrea

1. Tufted wool rugs often shed like crazy, and many never stop shedding. I just got rid of a wool rug that always left its colored fibers in my vacuum cleaner container every single time I vacuumed it. I see numerous complaints about this on Wayfair and other furniture sites as well.

2. If you ever get a case making or web clothing moth infestation in your home and you have a wool rug, they are going to make a beeline for it and use it as their breeding ground. And it is very hard to completely eradicate them from a wool rug. That is another reason why I disposed of my wool rug and replaced it with a synthetic one. No matter how much I vacuumed, cleaned, and used traps, some eggs apparently were still in it somewhere over the winter and then they hatched with the warmer spring weather. Now that I’ve gotten rid of the wool rug, the pad, and wiped my living room floor down a vinegar and water solution, the moths are now gone.

They can also be extremely expensive, especially if you get a hand-knotted one.