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A hand-knotted rug is made with wool or silk.
They are usually finished with a special luster wash
for softness and shine and come with a fringe. Hand-knotted rugs
take the longest time to make and therefore the most
expensive, but allow for the most flexibility in design and
color placement.
To construct a hand-knotted rug, the weaver
strings cotton threads on a frame. The pile yarns
are looped around cotton threads one at a time to create a thick
pile. Cotton yarns are then woven side to side through the warps
to hold them together; the cotton threads are generally tied off
into decorative fringes. |
