Craft Process
The Art of Making
A Rugkari carpet is not manufactured. It is created.
The Art of Making
A Rugkari carpet is not manufactured. It is created.
From raw fibre to finished piece, every Rugkari rug passes through six stages in our Bhadohi atelier — each one shaped by techniques refined over centuries. The process is slow on purpose. It is what separates a rug that lasts decades from one that lasts seasons.
Every stage matters
Six steps from fibre to floor
Design & Pattern Making
Designers sketch each pattern on graph paper — what artisans call the Talim. Every square on the Talim represents one knot. A complex hand-knotted design can take days of drafting before a single thread is dyed.
Material Selection
Premium natural fibres only: pure New Zealand wool for warmth and resilience, cotton for structural foundation, silk for surface lustre, and jute for low-pile texture. Every fibre is hand-selected against our quality benchmarks.
Dyeing & Colour
Fibres are dyed in controlled batches using natural and azo-free reactive dyes. Each colour batch is tested for colourfastness against fading, light and gentle washing before it ever reaches the loom.
Weaving & Knotting
Three weaving methods, depending on the rug:
- Hand-knotted – 100– 500+ knots per square foot, each tied individually by hand.
- Hand-tufted – yarn pushed through canvas using a tufting gun, secured with latex.
- Hand-loom – flat-weave techniques on traditional pit looms.
Washing & Finishing
Rugs are washed, stretched, dried in shade, then clipped by hand to achieve even pile height. Edges are bound by hand – no mechanical edge finishing.
Quality Check & Dispatch
Each finished rug passes a final inspection – pile consistency, pattern accuracy, colour uniformity, structural integrity. Only then is it rolled, wrapped, and shipped to your home.
What arrives at your door
Weeks of skilled labour. Generations of knowledge. One rug.
A 6· 9 ft hand-tufted Rugkari rug takes 14– 18 days of continuous work by a single artisan. A 200 KPSI hand-knotted rug takes 6– 8 months. What arrives at your door is the result of weeks of skilled labour, generations of knowledge, and an unwavering commitment to craft.