How do I choose the right size and shape?

Size it to the furniture, not the floor: at least 18 in shows beyond the sides and foot of a bed, and under a dining table it runs 24 in (60 cm) past the edge. Afrag comes in three shapes, Classic, Round and Runner, in a standard size or a custom size priced as you type. The size guide has plans room by room.

Will I hear from you while it's made?

We write at every stage: the order confirmation, the day knotting begins, the day your rug is finished, and tracking when it ships.

How does the checker panel on Afrag meet the border?

Through short teeth. The checker panel steps at its edges into teeth that reach into a wide, plain border, cut slightly differently from side to side.

Is Afrag hand-knotted or machine-made?

Knotted by hand in 100% natural wool, so each block edge drifts a hair from its neighbor.

Where should I put Afrag?

Afrag earns its place as a runner in a kitchen, since its pattern makes light work of splashes. Short or medium pile is easiest to clean there. Try it in a hallway and an entryway as well.

Do the teeth along the panel stay sharp in longer pile?

They are sharpest in short 0.4 in (1 cm) pile, though the wool already blurs each tooth slightly at the tip. Medium 0.8 in (2 cm) softens them further, so panel and border meet more gently. In shag 1.2 in (3 cm) the teeth round off and the plain border shows the pile most.

How do I care for Afrag?

Its pattern hides dust and footprints between vacuums. Vacuum with suction only, no beater bar, and blot spills from the edge inward with cool water. Expect a little loose wool in the first weeks; it passes. The care guide covers stains.

Can I pick other colors for Afrag?

Yes, on the rug's page. Each color you change shows in the AI preview at once, chosen from our 30 wool shades, and the approved preview is the one the weavers make. It adds 10% to the size's price and one extra week.

Dama · Berber

Afrag Checkered Moroccan Runner

$535 USD

Shipping and duties includedShipping and duties included

ColorBlue & Rust

Classic Round Runner

Add a rug pad +$37 USD for 2.6x8 ft

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Runners: order by November 16 for US delivery before Christmas.

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About this rug

Salt pans from the air: coral squares walled in, dark water. An afrag, in Amazigh, is an enclosure, and this checkered Berber runner sets a panel of checks inside a plain border. Weavers once fenced the field from memory. Zarbish makes it today.

The checker is three squares wide and runs the length beside a straight border, and the border is tied in a wool a shade deeper than the ground, so it reads as a rail. Each square is slightly taller than it is wide, which lengthens the runner further.

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