The colors picked for the tufting between the antler tips exactly matched his eyes.

"As ready as it will ever be," the nurse replied with another impatient tufting of its fur.

Billy, who operates a Tufting Machine at Lyle Carpets, has been with the company for two years.

It will mean a significant boost for Strathcarron and for the Tufting Department - their efforts will have doubled the effect.

Once again the Tufting Department at Lyle has been supporting the Strathcarron Hospice with continued generosity.

VERDICT - Go for it, but be aware that restoring tufting is costly.

The Tufting Department at Lyles, showing all those who contributed to raising money for Strathcarron Hospice.

It differs from the English, Giant and German Angora in that it possesses a clean face and front feet, with only minor tufting on the rear legs.

The regal line shared the newly introduced padded dash, with "Vanity", with its higher priced sister models, and the vinyl interior for some exterior colors featured three colors and textures of vinyl, but with less tufting.

In the tufting room, where as many as a dozen large carpets are being individually tufted at the same time, there are scores of small carpet samples of what colors should look like when fully woven, what designs should look like, what sculpturing does to colors; the tufters consult these samples as they work.

When I described my reaction to Mr. Cooper, he explained that shoppers were supposed to use the Zoom In and See From a New Angle features at www.galleryfurniture.com to examine the tufting on the upholstery of the leather sofas, not to see if the blonde who was considering the coffee table had dark roots.