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How Long Does It Take?
Before you begin weaving your own Oriental rug, consider this. A skilled
weaver in Turkey can tie about 6,000 knots per day. Thus the time for one
person to knot a 9' x 12' rug in several common qualities works out like
this:
(Note that usually more than one person works at a time on rugs from about
4' x 6' and larger. To get the actual weaving time for a carpet, you'd need
to divide the "Time required" shown here by the number of weavers working
simultaneously on the rug).
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Quality |
Knots/sq.in. |
Knots/sq.ft. |
Days/sq.ft. |
Knots in a
9' x 12'
Carpet |
Time required to knot a
9' x 12' Carpet |
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"6/40"
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60
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8,640
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1.4
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933,120 |
151 days
(5 months)
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"7/52"
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91
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13,104
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2.2
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1,415,232
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237 days
(7.9 months)
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"9/60"
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135
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19,440
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3.2
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2,099,520 |
346 days
(11.5 months)
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"12/60"
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180
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25,920
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4.3
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2,799,360
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464 days
(15.5 months)
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Remember that these estimates do not include the time needed to prepare
the wool (for wool clipping, carding, spinning, and dyeing), to map the
design (about 8 days for a 12/60 quality rug), or to wash and clip the
finished carpet (more than 15 days for a 12/60 quality 9' x 12' carpet).
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