The method
The claw test
A low pile with no loops gives claws nothing to catch. This page is the method. A result goes up only when the report is in. No design is marked as passed.
The protocol
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Rub
A weighted claw tool drags across the weave in four directions.
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Count
Pulled threads and loops that opened. A surface that ladders fails.
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Wash
The swatch goes through a cold cycle. The test counts only if it still looks like the rug.
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Publish
A design is named here only with the report. Until then, the page stops at the method.
Loops are the problem
A looped pile gives a claw a place to hook. A low pile does not. That is the construction. It is not a score, and it is not a claim that one design has passed.