Carpet Weaving Tools

The very nature of weaving ensures that anything on a weaver s hands will be transferred to the loom.

Carpet weaving tools. In carpet weaving operation more than 10 different kinds of hand tools are applied among them weaving comb knife and scissors are the most commonly used. The tools for carpet weaving are simple and few. She trims the tied knot with the curved knife. Flat woven rugs are made by tightly interweaving the warp and weft strands of the weave to produce a flat surface with no pile.

She ties new knots of dyed yarn along the edge. Refine by from beaters to heddles hooks to shuttles we have what you need to make your time at the loom as enjoyable as possible. We are suppliers of all kinds of equipment to the hand knotted carpet weaving industry. Besides the already mentioned looms there are also some smaller tools that are used.

Weaving tools 104 sort by. The weaving comb knife and scissors as the most common tools in carpet weaving operation. Then she tightens the finished row of knots with the long handled comb. Long staple woollen pile yarns.

Oriental carpet weaving materials equipment and tools. These beaters are made of wood bone or metal and may be mixed. Wool linen and hemp were the dominant yarns of choice until the advent of the cotton gin in 1793 which greatly reduced the cost and increased the availability of cotton fiber. A properly formulated loom wax or polish can help protect your investment.

The beginning of carpet weaving remains unknown as carpets are subject to use deterioration and destruction by insects and rodents. The weaver squats on the finished carpet as she weaves. Small batch veggie hand dyed woollen pile yarns. There s the loom in a horizontal position.

Based on the first phase results three prototypes of the hand tools were made in this phase. Basically these are cheap tools made by blacksmiths using traditional and primitive technology from unsuitable materials and workmanship that noticeably contribute to accidents. It is used to pack together the knots and the weft in the rows after every row in the carpet has been tied. There are many different tools used when manufacturing a carpet.

The tool has a short curving handle and a beating part head that is dented. The beating part of a traditional ktutich is horseshoe shaped with 10 20 dents. Ktutich also called telatu kotich hova karkit is a comb like tool to tighten the weaving. Complex weaving looms were widespread across europe africa and asia by the middle ages.

Comb usually made of wood and metal.