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carpet t-shirt

This T-shirt was hand-knotted in a carpet manufacture in Kathmandu, Nepal. The base layer is inspired by an antique Bakhshaish Iranian rug and made out of Tibetan highland wool. The upper layer is an abstract version of the M90 Swedish Camouflage and is knotted out of Chinese silk yarn. The weft density counts 200 knots per square inch. It closes with metal hooks on both shoulders.

Carpet weaver, trimming masters, sewing masters, dying masters, the washing and stretching masters and the balling ladies as well as the men that draw and color the graphs they are all part of making just one rug. Most of them are from Nepal but some have come even from India to work in Kathmandu in the world famous carpet business.

pattern development:

3h

digital motif design:

15h

graph drawing:

10h

dyeing:

4h

balling:

3h

knotting:

1152h

washing:

0.5h

stretching:

3h

trimming:

6h

edging:

9h

sewing:

3h

finishing:

1h

total:

1209,5h