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Hand-knotted, Silk

Pure silk pile, hand-knotted around a cotton warp. You pick the knot density.

Construction
Hand-knotted
Material
Silk
Size
12" × 12"
Knot density
6 to 14, your choice
The piece
How it is made
Every knot is tied by hand, row by row, then clipped. A silk piece at a high density holds one weaver and one loom for months.
What it is for
Bedrooms and living rooms. Silk belongs where the piece is looked at more than it is walked on.
What to look for
Turn it over. The pattern repeats on the back, knot for knot, and the density can be counted there. Then turn it in the light: the pile is clipped low, so silk reads one colour with the nap and another against it.
Reading the number

Knot density.

Knot density is the number of hand-tied knots in one inch of a hand-knotted piece. The ladder runs from 6 to 14. Higher means finer detail and a denser pile.

Knots per inch
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. 14

Open design

6 knots per inch. Broad shapes and open fields. Paying for more density here buys nothing you can see, and doubling it roughly doubles the time on the loom.

Fine drawing

14 knots per inch. Small florals, thin outlines, tight curves. This is the drawing that needs the knots, and it is where the loom time is worth paying for.

Check it yourself

On the back of a hand-knotted sample, count one inch across and one inch down. That is the number you were sold.

What ships

What arrives, and what it costs.

Size
Every sample ships at 12″ × 12″ (1 ft by 1 ft): the trade standard corner sample, woven to final spec.
Shipping
Worldwide, from Jaipur.
Cost
The first 4 samples are on us. The rest are payable, and 100% of the amount is settled in your first order.

Hand-knotted, Silk

The picker sits on the contact form: construction first, then material, then density where it applies. The first 4 are on us.

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