Glossary · construction
Hand-knotted
Each yarn tuft is individually tied around warp threads, creating a knot-by-knot pile. The most durable and highest-value rug construction.
Skilled artisans tie thousands of individual knots (60–300+ per square inch) around vertical warp threads on an upright loom. Every knot is trimmed and packed before the next row is knotted. Because the pile is anchored knot-by-knot rather than glued, a hand-knotted rug is fully reversible, sheds far less than tufted alternatives, and can outlast several generations of use with rotation and care. Common knot styles include the Persian (asymmetric) and Turkish (symmetric) knot. See [[knot-density]], [[hand-tufted]], [[warp]], [[weft]].