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Doubled wefted rug.
The american sarouk is a double wefted rug meaning it is woven with two side to side or weft cords which are cotton and usually dyed blue.
As i stressed early on the time involved in preparing the rags so outweighs the time spent weaving that that doesn t warrant consideration.
All hand knotted rugs are woven on the loom depending on the size of the rug this can either be a vertical loom or a flat loom.
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One clue is that bakhtiari rugs generally seem to have larger wefting.
The top to bottom cords warps are also cotton and are depressed.
I recall one bakhtiari that had 9 cotton singles in one shot.
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Bakhtiari rugs and carpets have symmetrical knots may be single or doubled wefted.
Weft count is approximate since sometimes it can vary from the bottom portion of the rug to the top.
Double wefted rugs have two layers of wool threaded through before another layer of knotting is added.
It is this yarn that is responsible for the beautiful texture of navajo rugs.
The main purpose of a loom is to create the correct tension and dividing the warp.
It is a double woven narrow band using only one weft and is a very good weave for making belts or straps for guitars shoulder bags etc.
The single wefted rugs are similar to hamadan rugs so from structure we turn to borders and color to make an attribution.
1 the heavy weft goes first sometimes makes for trickier treadling but since i get 4 of rug in 32 shots that doesn t matter so much.
The question of single versus double weft is an important one however because this rug has such overwhelming affinities with senneh weavings and not baktyiari or any other moots it as a defiitive indicator of provenance in this instance.
Weaving on the loom.
This saddle blanket project is an avenue for exploring 3 1 double faced weave a fascinating weft faced weave structure.
Depressed warps occur when the wefts side to side cords are pulled tightly from either side rather than put in with minimal tension.
Otherwise you can use it as a small rug or scale it down and weave it as a table runner or placemat.
The intermediate level tutorial combines double weave with plain weave and uses two wefts and having a good understanding of this one weft method will prepare you well for the next level.
When the wefts are counted on one side this number is doubled as there is a corresponding weft on the other side.