Carpet Design Template
One of the exhibits at the National Carpet Museum was a carpet loom with a partially completed carpet on it. Our guide gave us a thorough and interesting explanation of carpet making, from the collection of the wool to the finished product.
This photo shows one of the many design templates that carpet weavers use and re-use.
The template is placed above the loom's top bar, where it gives the weaver detailed information about how to implement the intended design on a small portion of the carpet.
It must take scores, if not hundreds, of design templates to execute an entire carpet.
It must also take a great deal of practice and patience to master the skill of transferring the design from paper to a series of knots in the carpet's warp and weft.
Carpet Design Template
One of the exhibits at the National Carpet Museum was a carpet loom with a partially completed carpet on it. Our guide gave us a thorough and interesting explanation of carpet making, from the collection of the wool to the finished product.
This photo shows one of the many design templates that carpet weavers use and re-use.
The template is placed above the loom's top bar, where it gives the weaver detailed information about how to implement the intended design on a small portion of the carpet.
It must take scores, if not hundreds, of design templates to execute an entire carpet.
It must also take a great deal of practice and patience to master the skill of transferring the design from paper to a series of knots in the carpet's warp and weft.