Spinning

In homes and small village compounds our workers sit at simple, foot-powered wooden wheels carefully guiding the labor intensive process of spinning with a practiced hand, a steady foot and a clever eye.

The wool threads are carefully pulled apart and the individual fibres combed in one direction so as to maintain a continuous thread for spinning.
The balance between wheel and hand is too delicate to yield a mechanically uniform product. The rich organic texture of the resulting yarn couldn't be more perfect for our Carpets.

Dyeing

Dyeing is one stage in the production process where we believe that the ancient is improved on by the modern. The wool is dyed in small lots by hand, as has long been the Tibetan tradition, but the pigments are provided by Swiss metal complex dyes. They enable color consistency well within the acceptable range of a handmade production, plus they are light fast and never run in washing. Just as important, the Swiss dyes enable us access to a far greater range of colors than ancient rug makers ever had as they constantly evolve the palette and decorative applications of our Tibetan Carpets.