wafts in handmade carpets in Farahan Carpet

in this post, I want to talk about the importance of waft on a handmade carpet.

when weavers weave a pattern on the loom in order to create a beautiful handmade carpet, they have to weave the knots exactly on their places and then put some wafts on knots and beat the comb on them to make them stable on their places.

different kind of wafts

totally we have two kinds of waft: under waft and thin waft but In different regions of Iran, the number of wafts differs depends on the method of weaving. it varies between one waft to 8.  In Soltanabad region especially in Farahan Carpet, weavers use double waft for each line of weaving that includes one under waft and one thin waft

there are the cotton waft, wool waft, and silk waft. depends on the yarn, weavers use different kinds of waft. Farahan Carpet uses cotton wafts for its products.

  benefits of  using waft in handmade carpet

Using under waft increases the stability and resistant of the knots and so the quality of the handmade carpet is increasing. in the other hand using the thin waft make the handmade carpet be more soft and tender compared with those without thin waft. beating comb has a very audible and soul loving sound. You watch and hear the beating comb process in this movie which one of our artists is doing it in Farahan Carpet workshop. for more images of carpet processes please go to the artistic section