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Extremely Fine silk Rugs

Silk rugs of Hereke; differ from other rugs with their difference in
weaving system and mastery of the weavers of that region.
First of all, these rugs which have too many knots in each cm2 are
produced with at least (10*10) 100 double knots. There is no limit for
making more and more knots. With 1024 knots in one cm2, the world's finest
rugs were produced by weavers in Hereke.
The quality of the rugs in this book is 14 knots by 14 knots, 16 knots by
16 knots and 20 knots by 20 knots, which means a maximum of 400 double
knots in one cm2.
To be able to weave Hereke rugs, a remarkable patience is required as well
as skillful hands. To help you understand the hardness of this job, we
ask you to put 400 spots with pencil in one cm2. We can imagine how hard
time you are having even while putting points with a pencil. Now can you
imagine the patience of a weaver who makes 400 knots in one square
centimeter and while doing that who reflects the pattern on the rug with
27 different colors?
People usually ask us how much time it takes to weave a rug. Our rug named
Hasbahce on page 40 of our book is 23*30 cm and has a quality of 20*20.
Number of entire knots on this rug is 280.000. One weaver can only make
2000 knots in a day, which means that this rug completed in about 5
months.
Since these rugs are works of art, we consider all our weavers as artists.
Therefore, just like you cannot press a painter to finish his/her work
quickly, we don't press our weavers to complete the rug quickly as well.
As Hereke silk rugs reflect the mood of the weaver, weavers can yield
different work qualities at different times. And this is what makes each
HEREKE silk rug has a different taste .