This is one of the most popular styles, it comes in wool and man made fibres. Twist is a type of carpet that uses yarn with higher twist than usual, to create a textured surface. The best Twist carpets use a two-ply yarn where two yarn ends are tightly twisted together, described as "Hardtwist" and "Hightwist" or "Frise". A carpet with exceptionally hard wearing properties, less prone to showing footmarks.