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The construction of hand-knotted rugs is one of the very few traditional manufacturing methods that hasn’t changed over the centuries as technology advanced. It’s impossible to pinpoint when the first hand-knotted rugs were produced, but fragments of rugs have been found in Persian tombs dating from several centuries B.C. Hand-knotted rugs have been consistently produced by much the same method ever since!
Why is it that essentially every other manufacturing method (including farming, writing, and printing, not to mention more recent developments with the industrial age) has evolved and improved over the centuries, while traditional rug making has been constant? Could it be because it’s the one tradition that you can’t improve?
This article is a first in a series on the traditional construction of hand-knotted rugs. Today’s topic will identify the basic elements of a rug, and discuss the foundation in detail. Future topics in this series will discuss wool selection and preparation, dyes, types of knots, and weaving looms. read more »
