[header] How to clean wool rugs [title] Take your wool rug outside. [step] Shake off any loose dirt or dust that has accumulated on your rug since buying it or cleaning it last. Dirt and dust rubbing against rug fibers actually prove to be damaging to the quality of the rug over time. 
[substeps] Be sure that it is dry wherever you shake it out. Shaking a wet rug can further embed the dirt you are trying to remove.