Hand Knotted Rugs are Oriental Rugs that are made by hand. Making an Oriental Rug involves many steps starting with creating a cartoon of the design, which is a graph drawing of the pattern. The wool must be sheared from the sheep, washed, and spun into yarn. Next comes selecting the colors to be used in the rug, and dying the yarn. Most foundations of Hand Knotted Rugs are made of cotton, which is tied to the loom and woven in a basketweave fashion. Then the yarn is tied to the weft threads in a specialized knot. When the rug is completed it must be hand sheared to create a smooth pile, and washed again. Each step of this lengthy process is very time consuming. One 9×12 Oriental rug can take 3 weavers up to a year to make.
Most of the cost of a hand knotted rug can be attributed to the labor involved in making the rug, and the materials used. Wool is primarily what rugs are made of because of the longevity and durability of the fiber itself. Wool can be dyed to many many different shades and woven easily into high knot counts or very coarse weaves. Oriental Rugs will last for generations.
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