".. Surprisingly, for his thousand-year history of carpet weaving technique has not changed much. Of course, if we are talking about the original hand-made carpets, which are also referred to as genuine.
The original carpets are woven only from natural materials - wool and silk, as the basis for using flax, hemp, jute and even silk. The basis of pull on a special wooden frame and hand-woven in her hair. Each thread is fastened by a special bundle. At each knot mistress spends about 2 seconds, the day tying around 10-14 thousand.
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The speed of weaving depends on the thickness of yarn and complexity uzora.Ponyatno that the establishment of a silk carpet will require much more time and effort. Another important parameter - the density of the carpet. The most dense carpets - to 1-2,5 million knots per square meter - is woven in Iran. Tibetan, Caucasian, Turkmen carpets are usually less dense - hundreds of thousands of nodes per square meter.
Beyond the usual pile, there are also lint-free carpets - kilims and sumac. Kilims - very light bilateral carpets. Traditionally they were used not only to lay it on the floor, but as tablecloths, curtains, bedspreads. Technique weaving sumac assumes that color yarn braid surrounds basis, and its end is fastened to underside.
A good rug does not wear out with age, but instead acquires a certain nobility. As silk rugs, it is considered that they generally must "mature." To pile crashed into fibers and becomes soft and fluffy, you want to tread on the carpet for several decades.
However, carpets made of pure silk - a rarity. Yes, and they cost several times more expensive than wool. Typically, the silk is added to the wool, to give the carpet shine, or vyvyazyvayut silk thread elements pattern.
And one more detail. Even the most expensive hand-woven carpets may have slight defects and errors in the figure. Sometimes the wizard even consciously admit it, because, as they say in the East, is not mistaken only Allah ....."
1.Turkmensky carpet mid 19 th century. (From the collection of Mark Patlis)