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Eventually,
the hand-knotted carpets and rugs are
seen to be made all over the world. The
quintessential style of carpets, hand
knotted was originally seen in Asiatic
locations. These highly prized specimens
of floor coverings were later imitated
by the European nations later. Such
carpets are constructed by clipping the
lengths of yarn. The clipped ends of the
yarn form the pile of the carpet that
are tied in rows crossways to warps.
Each row of knots is separated by
multiple picks of wefts, fixed in as
interchanging series of plain weave.
There are
various types of hand knotting
techniques. They are as follows:
Turkish knot, or the symmetrical, or
Ghiordes.
Persian knot, or the asymmetrical, or
Senneh.
Jufti
knot, or the resultant of the unison of
Turkish and Persian but done on four
weft strands, instead of two.
Spanish knot, or solo warp symmetrical
knot.
Famous hand
knotted Persian, Turkish specimens of
carpets and rugs have been fascinating
the world since centuries. Till today,
there is a huge demand of such beauties
in the Western markets. Materials such
as cotton, silk, wool, and jute have
also been used to knot such handmade
marvels.
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