Where Are Karastan Rugs Made? - The New York Times
June 5, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET EDEN, N.C. — Sounds change with the seasons, of course, but this spring, among the usual mix of bird song and lawn mowers, there are notable silences in this town of 15,000 people. First, the whistle that used to signal the start of three daily shifts at the Karastan rug factory, a brick mill whose smokestack has towered over downtown for generations, isn’t blowing. The work force has dwindled to a few as the operation prepares to close, after 93 years. Inside the mill, it’s quiet too. When the train ran, it drove directly into the factory to pick up goods. Th...