often read or hear I from our customers: "Is it true that so fine carpets can be created only by delicate hands of children? " This question shows
me a hand, the increased sensitivity to the subject, on one hand, the ignorance of the various techniques , a hand-knotted carpet.
Oriental rugs are generally available with the symmetrical Turkish Gördes tied (double) nodes or the asymmetrical Persian Senneh (single) node.
The symmetric double Turkish (Gordes) node is famous for its strength . Through him, get the carpets that have been linked with him, their legendary durability. 
The asymmetrically sized simple Persian (Senneh) node for the manufacture of a carpet time and material saving. However, the node thread is not as solid with the chain connected.
Djufti The node is ultimately a variant of the asymmetrical Persian knot, which is to make it even easier and faster. Here, the node is only two, sometimes even wrapped three or more warp threads. Djufti This node is used by children, especially in India and Pakistan to make wool carpets with small knot densities of rarely more than 50,000 nodes / m (= 5 nodes / cm ²). These carpets are rarely more than two or three different colors made - and certainly not of silk, and certainly not entirely of silk. The density of Persian carpets, in a complicated process calculated.
No child in the world has the stamina, dexterity and calm, a real Hereke to make silk carpet, which has at least one knot density of 1,000,000 nodes / m² (= 100 nodes / cm ²) (!) - With up to 36 different colors! Not to mention, is child labor in Turkey against the law.
This work is so strenuous that none of the Turkish Knüpfmeisterinnen - and only the best can make a pure silk Hereke - more than 30 minutes can make a row. Then they must make a break to the high quality and perfection of weave and presentation of Pattern guaranteed. A good Knüpfmeisterin creates little more than 3,000 knots per day, depending on the number of colors and knot densities.
This work can not create a child. Who sets these stories in the world wants, consciously or unconsciously, the reputation of the carpet damage - and the reputation, high skill, perseverance and diligence of the Knüpfmeisterinnen.
Copyright: Text: Solveigh Calderin (Cal) - Drawings: Dania Calderin
