It is less obvious in a cut pile carpet such as a saxony where all of the fibers are cut and move together and are supported by neighboring fibers in a cut and loop there is a gap in the cut fibers where the loops exist so it is much more obvious when the cut fibers lean.
Cut pile carpet images.
When the yarn loops are cut the result is an upright pile see diagram above and the ends of the carpet fiber are exposed.
A cut pile carpet is a carpet where the fiber has first been attached to the backing in a loop and then cut.
When these loops are tufted and left uncut they are loop carpets.
Cut pile carpet is available in various lengths and thicknesses and is typically much softer than loop pile carpets.
The loops are cut to the same height and allowed to tuft slightly.
Regardless of the length of the cut fibers it is the nature of any fiber to move bend or flatten.
When all of the tufted loops are are cut the result is a texture often also called a cut pile or plush.
Cut pile carpet is created when the fiber loops are cut.
This approach gives the pile the appearance of softness and can be employed with various levels of thickness in the pile.
The manufacturing of carpet which can be described as sewing strands of yarn into a backing material creates thousands of yarn loops.