Saga of Hand-Made Rugs

Behind the glamour, there’s immense sweat and dedication of so many creative weavers!

This post is dedicated to revered weavers of rugs whose efforts go unnoticed sometimes but they never forget to blow life in them with their wonderful creations.

Making a rug with hands involves months of sweat and hard work.

The age-old art of weaving rugs is dying with each passing day this is also a truth we cannot ignore. Be it modernization or blind industrialization, we are not going to blame anyone for this but yes it is happening.

Having said that, today through this post we would like to make our readers aware of the process of how these beautiful rugs are made.

Hand-made rugs are generally made from wool which is obtained from Sheep reared by Nomadic herders at more than 10,000 feet from sea level. Here, it is important to talk about the height as freezing conditions implies that sheep are going to produce coarse and thick wool that contains a large amount of natural lanolin oil. This oil is responsible for making the wool soft moreover it is the same oil that acts as a natural stain barrier. Generally, chemicals are avoided to keep the oil intact in the wool.

Hand-made rugs are made the same way as they used to be made before 300 years just the contemporary designs have been blended with the age-old process. After the wool is procured the next step is to prepare the wool for weaving.

The woollen pile is untangled, the grass is picked by hand and then it is washed. After cleaning it the wool is spread on the banks of the river to dry.

After drying up this wool undergoes a hand carding process where carders further detangle and spin the wool by using spike-covered bats. After this process wool becomes smooth and fluffy. At this point, it is spun by hands or by a machine that is operated by foot. Now the wool is ready to be woven.

Hereafter comes the extremely important role of a dye master who is just like the master chef. He weighs out and adds pigments to the mixture. Dye master is responsible for the immaculate colour combination of rugs. The position of colours is also crucial so for each rug design a full-size map is made on graph paper, on this graph paper position and colour of every single knot is set. Weavers use these maps in the final part of the rug-making process.

So, this was the basic process of how hand-made rugs are carved by laborious weavers. Hope you liked it. Possibly we’ll cover some more interesting issues related to weaving and making of rugs.

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