Knots

As you may know, fine, hand woven rugs are made through the knotting of strings. While this is true, there is more than one way to go about tying these knots. Two common types of knot are the Persian and Turkish knots. Persian knots always open to one side, while Turkish knots open towards each other. Both of these types of knots are effective in making a fine carpet, though the Persian knot is by far the most common and popular method of knotting rugs. Another type of knot is the Jufti knot, which is also known as the "false knot". This knot only opens over every other string. While this type of knot halves both the workload and price involved in the creation of the rug, the end product is not nearly as fine as the results seen from the aforementioned Persian and Turkish knots. Since not all knots are created equal, those in the know factor in the density of knots in one unit squared of a rug, in order to ensure that rugs with poor quality and knot count are not passed off as fine rugs.