A tip-sheared texture has a level surface with cut and uncut loops. Multi-level loop pile carpet with the tops of the highest loops shorn away produces random sheared texture. Shag textures are produced with long pile yarns of cut and uncut loops. Both of these textures hide soiling but are less durable than the multi-level loop pile carpet texture. Carved and sculptured designs in woven carpets are achieved through cutting away part of the face yarns, creating very definite, distinctive textured patterns.
Labels often carry both terms for accuracy in fiber identification.
The Berber texture is named for a handmade, bulky wool carpet made by the Berber tribes of North Africa. This publication originally was written by Carol Jo Thompson for the Montana State University Cooperative Extension Service. Kenneth R. Bolen, Director of Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.