Handmade Rug making video of Amara rug's manufacturing shows step by step process of making of a fine quality handmade rug.

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Handmade Rug Making Video

AMARA’S MANUFACTURING:

Amara’s ambition is to provide more than just rugs.This is reflected in our manufacturing
that consists of a highly specialized process resulting in the highest quality of handmade
masterpieces. Along with other production Amara’s recent focus has been on developing
organic rugs by ensuring the use of a hundred percent natural products throughout the
manufacturing process. Making of a rug requires several months to a few years depending
on the size.The main process consists of seven carefully conducted steps.

WOOL COLLECTION
HAND SPINNING
DESIGNING
MAPPING & TRANSLATION OF A DESIGN
NATURAL AND VEGETAL DYEING
WEAVING & HAND KNOTTING
WASHING & SHEERING, BLOCKING & FINAL TOUCH

  
WOOL COLLECTION
Our manufacturers raise free grazing sheep in the northern areas of Pakistan.The wool
obtained is rich in Lanolin and rare in its kind.This sets us apart from most rug weavers
that buy pre processed wool from local market.The sheep are carefully sheared during
spring, enabling them to grow their blanket back before the onset of the winter season.

 HAND SPINNING
There are several ways to spin the wool; the method we use is Hand spinning. Hand
spinning is more primitive and time consuming, but at the end we have wool strands that
are all different in their structure.This subtle variation in the wool enables us to achieve
beautiful texture in our rugs.

  
DESIGNING
To ensure that our rugs are tailored according to the needs of the times, integrated coordination
among interior and fabric designers is carried out within the United States and
overseas.This step consists, primarily, of color and design forecasting aimed at keeping up
with recent and forthcoming color trends. In coordination with other rug designers in
Pakistan, Adeel Malik finalizes the designs and colors of our products.

 MAPPING & TRANSLATION OF A DESIGN
Before a rug can be woven, weaver needs a design to follow.That design is drawn by
Rug Map artist. Once Map is drawn, it is then painted in to the actual rug colors which
afterward is translated in to rug weaving language.
NATURAL AND VEGETABLE DYEING

 In an effort to revive the century old method of dyeing and to reduce our impact
on the environment and to achieve a certain patina we have chosen to use mostly natural
and vegetal dyes in most of our production.Thus doing our little part in enabling our
clients to own a natural product with minimal or no environmental impact. Natural &
Vegetal procuring resources include, but are not limited to, reds from tomatoes and
dried madder root, yellows from weld, greens from sequential dyeing in indigo
and weld, blues from indigo from plants, and browns and camel colors are obtained
from walnut husks.

 WEAVING & HAND KNOTTING
Rug weaving is an art that dates back to 5th century BC. Using the same method Weavers
then start the process of weaving the rug.Weaving is done by tying a knot around multiple
longitudinal threads. An average weaver ties 50 to 55 knots/minute. So for a decent quality
9x12 it takes roughly 344 days to weave.Tools such as sickle shaped knives and sharp
sticks are used to facilitate the process and to achieve precision.

WASHING, SHEARING, BLOCKING & FINAL TOUCH
Once the rug is off of the loom it is Hand washed several times and then put on a stretch
or a blocking board upside down under the sun to dry and acquire a straight shape.
When the rug is woven the pile is un even, once off of blocking board it is then sheared
to achieve an even pile. Having errors in Hand made rugs is a beauty of its own but some
times those errors are unpleasant. Rug weaver goes thoroughly over the rug and reweaves
where ever it’s needed and thus we achieve a piece of Art.