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HAND WOVEN CARPETS

HAND WOVEN CARPETS

There are certain techniques in the production of carpets in hand woven fabrics. With the correct application of these techniques, a very nice picture emerges. In the field of carpets, hand-woven carpets, hand or factory-spun wool, cotton and silk yarn to be warped into the carpet to be transported or these yarns are solved on the loom and these warrants according to the technique of wool or silk loops are created by connecting the patches and covers. The original cultural values ​​of many societies are carpets and rugs.


Carpet weaving in weaving art has come through many stages from Central Asia to the present. Of course, there was no change in the core of the weaving technique. It will not be wrong to say that it is one of the equestrian arts, which, even in essence, has never changed. When analyzed in terms of general economic situation, textile sector is among the important industry and production branches of many countries. In this context, carpet and rug is an income generating sector in the economy. Weaving operations are carried out in many regions, especially hand-woven wool carpets. However, according to the past, the number of carpets and rugs weaving have been reduced.

Due to the cheap labor force, the production of carpets and rugs has shifted from the western regions to the eastern regions. However, in some regions, the production of hand-woven wool carpets constitutes an important part of the total production. However, with the advancement of technology and the emergence of machine carpets, it is a fact that hand-woven carpeting has decreased in time. In today's conditions, several attempts have been made to increase productivity and production in hand-woven carpet. In order to be successful these initiatives need to be oriented towards innovation. In the weaving sector, the most important problem of the firms producing national and international hand-woven carpets is seen as production cost and production time. Costs in the production of hand-woven carpets; labor, yarn, inventory, expenses and depreciation expenses. When the hand-woven carpet production techniques are examined in the market, it is seen that the most important problem of the firms is the length of production periods. Long production times delay the return of cost figures. This is a factor that directly affects the production costs for carpets and rugs.