Before you begin weaving your own Oriental rug, consider this. Rug weaving is an art. A skilled weaver in India can tie about 6,000 knots per day. Thus the time for one person to knot a 9′ x 12′ rug in several common qualities works out like this:
(Note that usually more than one person works at a time on rugs from about 4′ x 6′ and larger. To get the actual weaving time for a carpet, you’d need to divide the “Time required” shown here by the number of weavers working simultaneously on the rug).
|
Quality |
Knots/sq.in. |
Knots/sq.ft. |
Days/sq.ft. |
Knots in a |
Time required to knot a |
|
“6/40” |
60 |
8,640 |
1.4 |
933,120 |
151 days |
|
“7/52” |
91 |
13,104 |
2.2 |
1,415,232 |
237 days |
|
“9/60” |
135 |
19,440 |
3.2 |
2,099,520 |
346 days |
|
“12/60” |
180 |
25,920 |
4.3 |
2,799,360 |
464 days |
Remember that these estimates do not include the time needed to prepare the wool (for wool clipping, carding, spinning, and dyeing), to map the design (about 8 days for a 12/60 quality rug), or to wash and clip the finished carpet (more than 15 days for a 12/60 quality 9′ x 12′ carpet).
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Source: https://jacobsenrugs.com/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-weave-a-rug
