Carpet Weaving Tools

The development of the flying shuttle 1733 helped to automate the weaving process.

Carpet weaving tools.

The very nature of weaving ensures that anything on a weaver s hands will be transferred to the loom. The weaver squats on the finished carpet as she weaves. Then she tightens the finished row of knots with the long handled comb. Small batch veggie hand dyed woollen pile yarns.

Woven rugs probably developed from earlier floor coverings made of felt or a technique known as flat weaving. Flat woven rugs are made by tightly interweaving the warp and weft strands of the weave to produce a flat surface with no pile. There are many different tools used when manufacturing a carpet. Weaving tools 104 sort by.

Long staple woollen pile yarns. Besides the already mentioned looms there are also some smaller tools that are used. In carpet weaving operation more than 10 different kinds of hand tools are applied among them weaving comb knife and scissors are the most commonly used. The beating part of a traditional ktutich is horseshoe shaped with 10 20 dents.

If you don t find exactly what you want or would like a product recommendation please call the shop directly at 800 441 9665 or contact us for assistance. Complex weaving looms were widespread across europe africa and asia by the middle ages. There s the loom in a horizontal position. It is used to pack together the knots and the weft in the rows after every row in the carpet has been tied.

Refine by from beaters to heddles hooks to shuttles we have what you need to make your time at the loom as enjoyable as possible. The weaving comb knife and scissors as the most common tools in carpet weaving operation. Ktutich also called telatu kotich hova karkit is a comb like tool to tighten the weaving. The tool has a short curving handle and a beating part head that is dented.

Comb usually made of wood and metal. Wool linen and hemp were the dominant yarns of choice until the advent of the cotton gin in 1793 which greatly reduced the cost and increased the availability of cotton fiber. The tools for carpet weaving are simple and few. These beaters are made of wood bone or metal and may be mixed.

Based on the first phase results three prototypes of the hand tools were made in this phase. The beginning of carpet weaving remains unknown as carpets are subject to use deterioration and destruction by insects and rodents. We are suppliers of all kinds of equipment to the hand knotted carpet weaving industry. She ties new knots of dyed yarn along the edge.

She trims the tied knot with the curved knife.