"We weave our carpets with enthusiasm and affection ... year-old tradition is now hanging by a thread. Traditional Turkish carpets are typically woven by women. The carpets are usually made ...

Varieties range from flat-woven kilims to lush knotted rugs, also known as hali, which are created with Ghiordes, or Turkish ...

Carpet-weaving in Turkey has traditionally been ... “They have designs – but they are copied from the handmade carpets.” Turkish Carpets: The Art Knotted with Love and Syrian and Lebanese ...

The difference between Fars carpets, especially gabbeh, and other carpets, which make it difficult to weave is that Fars carpets' looms are placed on the ground. Fars carpets are horizontal.

Mohammad Rafiq Sofi using translated talim codes to guide his weaving An ancient symbolic code lies behind the intricate patterns of Kashmir's traditional handwoven carpets and rugs. Called talim ...

There’s something for almost everyone at the Taylor-Grady House this week. Beautiful Turkish rugs, delicious food, great ...

Another editor found that his rug warped in shape under the weight of an office chair rolling around, as well as the wear and tear of a cat clawing at it—unsurprising given that the weave of the ...

Towel choice is intensely subjective — for every full-throated waffle obsessive, there are plenty willing to argue the merits of a flat-weave Turkish set. Still, there are a few characteristics ...

“Turkish Delights,” a six-day celebration of Turkish rugs, begins Tuesday and runs through Nov. 10 at the Taylor-Grady House ...

That said, with the recently opened high-speed highway that connects Kingston to Ocho Rios, visitors can easily make the trip north to weave together ... Sip strong Turkish coffee at one of ...

Betül Tunç’s massive online popularity — she’s the culinary whiz behind the Instagram account @turkuazkitchen — was due to baby blues. A few years back, Tunç, a recent immigrant from ...

From the age of eight, and following in the footsteps of his father, Mohammad Rafiq Sofi has been weaving carpets using talim designs. "It took me five years to learn how to weave properly," says ...