Each handmade rug is created with passion, love and great care using the best quality wool, dyes and of course the skilful hands of the tribal and village women.

Rug weaving is a most important part of the women's lives as they are able to express their feelings and emotions through their work.  The women's weaving skills earn them respect and therefore, it is very important for a young girl to produce the highest quality of work.

Dowry rugs are kept for life and laid out only to honour important guests.  These rugs are only sold when the family needs financial help, usually to support and educate their children .Some of the larger carpets are made by very skilful craftsmen in town workshops and every pattern and detail is woven very carefully to achieve these masterpieces.

The raw material of the rug is wool and the sheep are shorn twice a year - once in the spring and once in the autumn.  The luxuriant wool of the young sheep is washed in local spring water which is an important part of the process.   The shorn wool is dried after washing and then combed in order to eliminate any waste matter.

The bundles of combed wool are then put through a lengthy process to separate the fibres and finally they are ready for spinning using the traditional wooden spindles.  

The spinning of wool requires skilful and experienced hands in order to produce the required uniformity.  During this process the thickness of the yarn is established and it is now ready for dying.

Natural colours can be obtained from a variety of plants, trees, flowers and even some types of soil.  Nowadays some rug making regions use mixed dyes due to the lack of resources in their immediate reach.

Natural dyes (also known as vegetable dyes) are generally used but sometimes synthetic dyes are employed to obtain the required colour.  The dying process is a very prolonged and expensive process.  Most villages have their own dyers who have years of experience and knowledge and each villager takes her yarn to the dyer for the dying process.   This is usually a very primitive procedure and sometimes takes place in the gardens of a village house.

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