Why Buy Hand Knotted Rugs
Why Buy Hand Knotted Rugs
If you want to bring a sense of timeless style to your home, you can’t do much better than a hand-knotted rug. Hand-knotted rugs are carefully and individually crafted by the hands of skilled rug makers using techniques that have been passed down for hundreds of years. A hand-knotted rug will bring an inspired, dignified feeling into your home, breathing life into any room.
Every hand-knotted rug has a touch of sacredness to it because each hand-knotted rug is made by a skilled weaver who spends months tying every single knot to form beautiful patterns. These rugs are not only sacred because of the care that goes into each one but because of the time needed to make them. Hand-knotted rugs can take anywhere from 30 days to 8 years to complete. If you want to bring something really special and one-of-a-kind into your home, a hand-knotted rug is a perfect choice.
The vast majority of hand-knotted rugs are not made with synthetic materials like polypropylene, nylon, acrylic, or polyester. Instead, most hand-knotted rugs are made with natural fibers like silk or wool. Hand-knotted rugs from silk are typically more expensive and highly sought after because of their luxurious texture, but the most common material used in hand-knotted rugs in wool.
Wool is hypoallergenic, anti-bacterial, and a renewable source of material. Most hand-knotted rugs are made with sheep’s wool but varieties can be found with wool from goats or alpacas. Hand-knotted rugs are also commonly made with multiple kinds of material. A mixture of wool and silk is very popular in hand-knotted rugs. A rug made out of these two materials is predominately woven with wool while the silk is woven in periodically to add a luxurious touch to the final product.
