Identifying knots found in a hand-made rugs...

[T Monahan]

Illustrations of common knots found in rugs:

White verticle yarns are the warps. Wefts are not shown in these pictures.

Quiz: Can you name the type of knots shown above?

 

[rhyde]

forgot some..

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[Ron K]

They are Red Knots!

 

[J Scott W]

Symmetrical or Turkish knot

V weave or velvet knot

Another symmetrical knot but this time around 4 warp yarns rather than two. This is done to save labor time and makes the rug cheaper. It requires less knots to fill the same space.

Asymmetrical or Persian knot open to the right

Showed all those knots in the rug ID presentation at Mikefest 2 weeks ago.

 

[rhyde]

The term is Jufti when a knot is tied over 4 warps vs 2