Journal

Guides to sizes, knots, care and the history behind the rugs.

Craft

Knots explained: what KPSI tells you about quality

From 50 knots per square inch in a village rug to 500 in a silk Qom: what the number means, how to count it and why finer is not always better.

6 min read

Craft, 9 min read
A short history of Persian carpets
From a 2,400-year-old carpet found in the Siberian ice to the court workshops of Tabriz and Isfahan, and how Persian designs came to be woven in India.
Craft, 7 min read
Kashmiri silk carpets: talim, knots and patience
In Kashmir a carpet design is written as a coded script and sung at the loom. How the valley's silk rugs are made, row by row.
Craft, the full guide
How our rugs are made
From the dye pot to the last knot: hand-knotting, tufting and flatweaves, and what 60, 160 or 400 knots per square inch look like.