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A handmade (or handknotted) carpet is made with the use of a specially designed loom and knotted manually by hand. In contrast, those made by machine use something called a power loom which is automated and these days mostly controlled by a computer.
The back of a handmade rug will tend to look uneven, whereas a machine-made rug should be perfectly level. On the back of a hand-made rug, the fringe will make up part of the rug. If the fringe looks as though it has been sewn on, you can be confident it was machine-made.