Oriental carpets techniques
Types of structures and carpets techniques in hand-knotted kilim and sumak carpets
It is a very complex topic, if not infinite, but on this page I would like to give you a slight smattering, maybe a little schematic, of how a handmade carpet is produced and the knotted kilim and sumak’s main carpets techniques, so that you can understand what work is required to knot a carpet by hand.
A CARPET’S PARTS
Let’s just see what the various areas are called:
- 1 FRINGES
- 2 BORDERS
- 3 SECONDARY FRAMES
- 4 MAIN FRAMES
- 5 FIELD
- 6 CANTONALS
- 7 MEDALLION
- 8 THE PENDANTS
WOOL SPINNING
Very important phase in the hand-knotted carpets’ material preparation.