Hand weaving

Here is one of the weavers. This company has an appreticeship program to help keep traditional rug making techniques alive. All their carpets are hand woven and double knotted. Up above you can see her pattern that she is using. She knots groups of thread, pounds them down into place and then cuts them to the right length with little scissors that look like sheep shears. I thought this was interesting: each carpet has to be done one person because everyone is different in how they pount the threads into place. If more than one person works on a carpet, they are come out uneven. I think it's kind of like gauge in knitting.