Turkish Carpet project v1.0
*** Yoinked from my other blog***
So I have a project itching away at the old brain. I have recently been staring alot at Holbein Turkish Carpets. Maybe its the colors black, orange red, and white that make me think….gawd it would be cool to try and make one of those. I started looking into it too see what was involved. It looks simple enough, just long and tedious….
So before I went all crazy on this new subject, I thought I would try my hand at making a small sample. This is at roughly 14 knot / inch. The ones in the V&A museum average between 9.5 – 16 knots / inch. I used the Turkish style symmetrical knot as opposed to the Persian asymmetrical knot. The Persian knot supposedly makes a nicer finished rug. I used super cheap Acrylic wool for the test.
Much to think about. This would be an ambitious project even for a small prayer mat. What kind of wool, dyes that were used, style of loom used in turkey in the 16th century, Design elements, cartoon, yadda, yadda, yadda.
The previous picture had a nap of ~1.5-2cm. This is after I took a razor to it, and got it down to ~.5-1 cm. The pattern is a little more defined. Going to try to use my dog shears to get it all down to ~.25cm.
I also have to figure out why the rows are so far apart. The knots across are good, but the spacing between the rows needs a alot to be desired.
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