What is Turkmen carpet?

Turkmen carpet is a type of small carpet from a country known as Turkmenistan. It is assumed that the design of Turkmen rugs has changed in more than 2,000 years. Decorations include geometric patterns, stylized representations of Turkmen life and use red over all other colors. Methods of carpet production have been handed over for generations and Turkmen carpets are still created using real sheep wool and natural dyes. Five traditional carpeted patterns, which are represented on the flag of Turkmenistan, have evolved. Karva consists of fibers that run along the entire length of the carpet and that support the weight of the carpet when hanging on the weaving state. The rows of nodes that make up a pile of carpets are tied via warp fibers, and after each line is completed, the fibers are weighted across to ensure it. Various varieties of Turkmen rugs can be used symmetrical or asymmetric knot techniques and the style of the weft may also vary. Turkmen carpet is completely unlike Suzani's carpet Uzbekistan and tush toYiz of Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan, which are richly hand -embroidered pieces of fabric.

Before it achieved independence in 1991, Turkmenistan was part of the Soviet Union. The country is located next to the Caspian Sea and along its border lies Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Turkmen carpet production has been considered as since the sixth century BC. Traditionally, Turkmen people were nomads who lived in tents and kept animals such as goats and sheep. While the sheep provided the prepared wool supply for the production of rugs Turkmen, the plants found locally can also be used to make dyes.

Turkmen carpets were used as floor coverings and to create temporary steps, providing important insulation. Turkmen The carpet is ideally suitable for a nomadic lifestyle, which is relatively thin and lightweight but durable and able to be woven for a portable weaving state. WhenTurkmenistan became part of the Soviet Union, many of the Turkmen tribes were forced to leave the nomadic way of life and became populated farmers. They earned money from the sale of crops and craft products, especially the valued Turkmen Kobera. In neighboring Afghanistan, the Soviet occupation is assumed to have led to war rugs, with proposals illustrating the conflict.