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Can you wash hand knotted rugs at home or is it better to hire it out?

There’s one guy who used a beater machine to get any debris out of the rug. He uses the machine to wash and centrifuge then fans to dry indoors. I have used him before but he took forever to get my rug back (3 weeks!) He is $4.50/square foot.

Another wants to hand wash multiple times and dry in the sun with fans. No machines except a commercial vacuum with beater bars. Turn around time is a week. He is $3.50/ square foot.

Is one better than the other? Should I just do it at home with some woolite?

My two toddlers are enrolled in swim lessons. So far they’ve had two lessons. I didn’t like the lesson we had recently.

Firstly, the instructor put them underwater several times without warning. I guess I would expect “we’re going to blow bubbles like we practiced but we will do it underwater this time. We’re going to do it in 3-2-1” or something of that nature.

Secondly, she kept giving my daughter (3) instructions on how to place her legs while on her back. The directions were sub par and my daughter was trying to follow them (put your toes underwater, so she bent her legs and had her feet as far underwater as possible). The instructor was getting frustrated. Then my daughter was holding onto her shirt while still working on the back float. The instructor was saying “no ma’am” and pulling the shirt out of my daughter’s hands. Obviously my daughter felt unsafe and insecure. I would expect “I’ve got you, you’re safe. Try to let go of my shirt and float”.

I called in today to speak with this instructor directly but now I’m thinking perhaps I should call the owner of the company. The first lesson this instructor gave was really good. This second experience was disappointing. I watched both of my toddlers walk into their lessons full of excitement, only to leave noticeably less happy afterward.