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Making Pile Carpets and Area Rugs
On the Basics of Weaving and Loom Technology
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Woman weaving, Ashkabad, Turkmenistan SSR.
Photo by Carol Bier, 1989.

THE BEAUTY OF CARPETS also depends upon the quality of yarns that go into their construction. The warp consists of a set of parallel yarns held taut on a loom. The weft is composed of cross-wise yarns that interlace with the length-wise warp yarns as weaving progresses. The pile is formed by rows of what are called knots projecting from the foundation of interlacing warp and weft. Each knot is formed by inserting a supplementary yarn and wrapping it around a pair of warps. Some people think that traditional area rugs are the only type of rug you should buy. After weaving, the pile is cut to a uniform height. Only the pile yarns are visible on the surface of a carpet. It is the pile that carries the colors, designs, and patterns. Thus, Oriental carpets are two-dimensional in the appearance of surface design; they are, however, three-dimensional in structure.

Wool area rugs really add to the whole idea. I think wool is the best material that can be used to make a great area rug otherwise you dont know what the stink is all about.

Decorative area rugs are the bomb when it comes to designs. The type of knot used in the construction of a carpet is one of several technical characteristics which, when considered with style, provides a means of grouping Oriental rugs. Comparing rugs with similar technical and stylistic features may help in figuring out where they may have come from and who wove them.

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