By
LINDA LEE
Published: April 3, 2013, The New York Times Edition
Is this rug worth cleaning? If it’s wall-to-wall, hire a professional
in-home carpet cleaner. But for wool, silk, cotton, Navajo, Turkish,
Afghani, Berber, Chinese or other woven rugs, the answer can often be
found on the blog
Rug Chick. Lisa Wagner, Rug Chick herself, is an owner with her mother of
K. Blatchford’s Rug Cleaning
in San Diego. Ms. Wagner teaches rug cleaning to professionals; her
next workshop, in McKeesport, Pa., is April 24 through 26. “I share our
mistakes over the decades,” she said. Ms. Wagner was born into the
business; her father, Don Blatchford — her parents are long divorced —
is a rug broker. Her mother, Kate Blatchford, is a weaver and rug-repair
specialist. Ms. Wagner is, in other words, a rug geek. “I’m part of a
Facebook group,” she said, “that posts pictures daily asking, ‘What’s my
rug and where’s it’s from?’ ”
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