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| Our rugs are created from the highest quality wool and are dyed using precise techniques that combine human skill and technology to ensure colorfastness. The top photo shows craftsmen pulling a hank of wool from a vat of dye. |
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| Weavers follow a "naksha" or master plan, which intricately and accurately plots an original rug design. |
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| Before hand-knotted rugs are woven, two rows of warps are vertically stretched near each other from top to bottom. These warps serve as the foundation for exceptionally plush and longwearing rugs. |
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| Teams of three or four craftsmen work in perfect synchronicity—sometimes memorizing patterns—to ensure a precise, high-quality weave. |
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| The most important step in a rug's multi-step finishing process is washing, where craftsmen clean each rug with rhythmic precision in a kind of ritual dance, as shown in the photo at the bottom right. |
