How to Buy Hand-knotted Rugs Online

Most of the time, a hand-knotted carpet is known as the handmade carpet. Handmade carpets and rugs are played the same role for a home decor are just like the centerpiece or eye-catching point of the home. A handmade carpet gives a royal touch to a floor. It is only an accent which can change the entire space within a minute. Handmade carpets are woven in many fabrics and materials. Some carpets are woven in natural fabrics like pure silk, pure wool, jute; cotton etc. and some carpets are woven in synthetic fabrics like nylon, rayon, artificial silk etc.

A handmade area rug can be weaving into three types- handknotted, hand-tufted and flat-woven. Most of the time, traditional carpets are woven in handknotted technique.

Handknotted Technique:

This is an interweaving process which is done on a handloom. The weaving process in started from bottom and end on the up. In handknotted process, a carpet is woven by knot by knots. A handknotted Rug is a highly durable carpet.

Hand-tufted technique:

In hand-tufted technique, First, weavers take a primary cloth and draw a design on it after that insert the wool yarn accordingly using a gun machine. This is cheaper than handknotted rug.

Before buying a carpet online, you should check the below information-

Constructions technique:

A traditional carpet is woven in hand knotted technique. It takes many months and some of them more than one year to complete. This is woven using piles and knots. This is woven in silk and pure New Zealand wool material.

There are two types of silk carpet. First one is SILK on SILK and the second is SILK on COTTON. In silk on silk carpet, warp and weft both are in pure silk and in silk on cotton carpet, the weft is in pure silk but warp is in cotton. A pure silk rug will have a high knot count. Because it has a high knot count, it should have a very intricate design pattern. A weaver can make an intricate design in silk carpet and the yarn of silk carpet is very thin so modern carpets never were woven in pure silk material.

Traffic in room:

A handknotted rug is woven in both silk and wool material. So if you want to use a carpet for the high traffic area then you can take a traditional wool rug and for the less traffic area, you should take a silk area rug.

Check material:

Pure silk is light as a feather but strong as steel — silk is world renowned as the most luxurious and fine material on the plant. It is a natural fiber made by the silkworm — coming mostly from China, Japan & India. Pure silk is a natural material. Wavers make threads using chakra machine. Pure silk carpet is exported from China. It has very soft touch and shines look. Silk yarn is very exclusive and gives a luxurious look and that’s why this is expensive than other carpets. Wool material is the most popular material for the flooring. It provides resistance to the dust and unwanted particles. You can find these material carpets in handknotted.

Buy from trustworthy company:

A handknotted rug is costly so never buy it from anywhere. You should check the customer reviews and feedback on the website. You should ask them that how old the company are? The carpet store should be trustworthy.