[header] How to dry wet carpet [title] Spread towels over the area of wet carpet. [step] You'll then need to walk up and down the toweled area until the towels are completely saturated. Take those towels away and replace them with dry towels in the same area. 
[substeps] Keep doing this until the area of the carpet is dry. You should still check underneath the carpet to make sure the carpet padding and the floor aren't sopping wet, as well.