The art of making carpets by hand using the finest materials is cherished and nurtured by Patan Karnali. Each carpet is carefully crafted, the methods virtually unchanged from time beyond memory, using traditional techniques in the service of contemporary design. The glowing imperfections of natural materials and the variations of the human touch are in every stage of the process, the result of a commitment to promote individuality and inspiration in all of its production. Truly, each carpet is unique unto itself, conceived in a journey through a sea of human hands weaving it into existence.

The process outlined below focuses on the production of hand-made Tibetan Carpet.

Virtues Of The Wool

Tibetan highland wool is long-fibred and rich in wool fat. A guarantee for robust rugs and brilliant colors. The wool is washed and rinsed thoroughly. Soiled fibres are sorted out by hand. They are then laid out in the sun to dry.

Carding

The first step in the creation of rich yarns is called carding. The process of hand carding involves brushing and combing of a handful of wool placed between two metal-toothed brushes until the fibers are roughly aligned. It is a labor-intensive process that has been traditionally used to prepare wool for spinning. While a machine could comb the wool and align its fibers in the blink of an eye, it would break the fibers and make the resulting yarn too uniform. By comparison, hand carding respects the precious fibers, and the resulting yarn is very natural and distinctively raw. No doubt, the hand carding is a time consuming process. But the quality of yarn it spins into has no match.

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