11.   The carpet will be made into runners, but their prices have not been decided.

12.   The tufting process allows manufacturers to make carpets faster and with a greater variety of textures than with weaving.

13.   Tufted carpets are made by high-speed machines that insert loops of the face fiber in a ready-made back.

14.   Children are used in making carpets because they earn less and their smaller fingers tie better knots.

15.   Hand-knotted carpets also are made in India, Iran, China, Afghanistan, Morocco, Turkey, Peru and some former Soviet states.

16.   Hand-knotted carpets also are made in Iran, China, Afghanistan, Morocco, Turkey, Peru and some former Soviet states.

17.   In India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, millions of children toil in filthy back streets factories, making carpets, match sticks, fire crackers and other hazardous products.

18.   But British varieties are well regarded for the wool knitted into chunky sweaters and used to make solid carpets.

19.   Swiss humanitarian organizations have joined to combat the exploitation of children making carpets in conditions of virtual slavery in South Asia, the groups announced Thursday.

20.   That, of course, does not mean children are not involved in making these carpets.