Rug Weaving Sites

Appraisal, cleaning and repair of Navajo rugs and other textiles. You can contact us using the form below or you can make an appointment to meet with us online or in person by clicking on your preferred date on the calendar at the right. We use both Webex and Skype to meet with clients. If you need a quick textile identification, we do that at starting at $7.50 per item. Our billing rate is $25...

The Woolery offers one of the world's largest selection of equipment and supplies for the fiber artist. Our experienced teachers are available for a variety of fiber-arts related classes - learn to weave, spin, hook, dye, or felt in a group setting or in a private lesson! Check our class schedule out or call to set up solo instruction. Never too late to learn (or improve)! Can't find what you...

Quality Navajo rug appraisal, Oriental rug appraisal, appraisals. Care of Navajo rugs, Oriental rugs, Navajo rugs. Please browse our pages by following the links to the left. Some of our pages are about the appraisal of Navajo rugs and blankets, Oriental rugs and kilims. Other pages provide information for the care of Navajo rugs, Zapotec rugs and Chimayo weavings, prevention of moth damage to...

Enjoy the natural beauty of a hand woven Romanian rug or a kilim as it is sometimes called. Feel the texture that comes from the wool of sheep that graze freely on hills and mountains. Note the natural colors of the wool itself…the browns, beiges and creams. (There are no black sheep in Romania.) Individual rug makers take great pride and care in each and every step of the process beginning...

Weaving in Beauty is expands the appreciation of Southwestern textiles through teaching, cleaning, repair and appraisals. Learn about Navajo weaving here! In August of 2014, the Crownpoint Rug Auction was cancelled as the result of financial mismanagement. The situation jeopardized the auction, a source of income for 100+ Navajo weavers. Crownpoint community leaders, the auctioneers, and...

“Dreamweaver” Jane Scheff has been a big inspiration to other students. She whipped out three area rugs based on what she learned in last year’s Jason Collingwood workshop. The process of designing and weaving a rug can be daunting because there are so many options and ways to go about it. Is it going to be weft-faced, warp faced, or more balanced? Will the weft be wool, cotton, or made with...

Turkish Carpets Guide gives information about Turkish carpets, tribal rugs, art of weaving and old and contemporary carpets in silk, wool, cotton and Turkish Kilims. The oldest rug, woven with symmetrical knots (Turkish knotting) was discovered in Siberia by a Russian archaeologist in 1949. Due to the water which penetrated into the tomb, Pazırık rug was frozen and miraculously preserved. Turks...

Count on us for the best in Rug Warps, Rug Wefts, Rag Crochet Supplies, Yarns, Books, Weaving Equipment, Loom Parts, Orco and Kessinech looms and other crafting supplies. We specialize in Rug Warps, Rug Wefts, Rag Crochet Supplies, Yarns, Books, Weaving Equipment, Loom Parts, Orco and Kessinech looms, and various other crafting supplies. We keep adding new items to please our customers like...

All you need to know about Turkish Carpets and Rugs. The vast majority of people buy oriental rug in order to enhance the decorative integrity of their homes. They are not concerned with investment potential or collectability, and the fact that rugs may appreciate in value over the years is a bonus, rather than the main reason for which they are bought... Continue reading →. Although no one...

Weaving, hand knitting, crochet, felting, machine knitting, and crafts by Alpaca, with a Twist, Angora, Bramwell, Brown Sheep, Crystal Palace, Deny’s Brunton, Euroflax, Henry’s Attic, King Cole, Knitting Fever, Maysville rug warp, Mondial, Naturally yarns, New York, Noro, Patons, Skacel, Sirdar, SWTC, Tamm, Trekking, Wool Pak, Handspun, Hand Dyed Loopers and Designer close outs. Silverbrook...

Call Joyce if you have any questions or concerns. 360-295-3856 Mountain Loom manufactures a broad line of weaving looms for handweavers, hobbyists and professionals. Since 1985 we have provided thousands of rugged, precision-engineered hand looms to individuals, schools, and textile corporations. Most of all, we work with YOU, the fiber artist! Make anything that is woven: fabric for clothes,...

Indian carpet weaving was at its height during Mughal dynasty. The earliest Mughal carpets from the 16th century reveal the heavy influence of Persian carpet weaving traditions, which were brought to India by Persian rug weavers Despite the array of influences, the rugs of Agra, Lahore, and Fatehpur Sikri as a whole reflect the Mughals great respect for and appreciation of nature, along with...

A kilim (also: kelim in other languages) is a woven rug (flatweave) that is traditionally hand made in Anatolia, the Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa. A particulary characteristic is that the surface of a kelim rug is identical on both sides. It differes from a so called Cicim or Soumak, also flatweaves, but are classified as a differnt category of the orient carpets. The main weaving...

Fast and reliable service in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. Area rug cleaning, repair and restoration including Turkish & Persian carpet, French Aubusson, Savonnerie, Tapestry and kilim rugs. By examining its style (knotted carpet, kilim, French Savonnerie, Aubusson, Tapestry), origin (Turkish, Persian, Chinese, Indian, Caucasian, Moraccan, etc), material (wool, silk, cotton etc.), dyes...

We offer oriental rugs, wool rugs, rug pads, rug store, hand knotted rugs, handmade rugs, area rug pads repair, restore and cleaning services in NJ. Repairing and restoring fine rugs is our job but it's also what we love to do. Over the years, the state of your fine rug can deteriorate, regardless of the care you put into it. Our skilled, professional weavers will perform the techniques...

454 Listings The Navajo people weave many styles of rugs that have evolved through the years. Some are more known than others, but this list includes the most used styles. 51 Listings One of the original regional weaving styles with borders, with zigzags and contrasting patterns, steps, squares, lightning from corner boxes to middle of rug. 58 Listings One of the original regional weaving...

When a person buys an antique rug, they do not only want to identify with a beautiful example of craftsmanship and design, but also with the history and intrigue of owning something that has existed before them,and will exist after them.That is what makes them contemporary. Among the carpet-producing regions of the Middle East none is as varied and extensive in its output, or perhaps as...