Afghan Yekta Rug

Yekta rugs come from Afghanistan, and they are unlike anything else in Afghan weaving. The construction is what sets them apart. The weaver first creates a flat kilim base, then hand-knots a raised pile on top of selected areas of the design. The result is a rug that moves between two textures within the same piece, flat weave and knotted pile existing together, creating depth and dimension that a standard rug or kilim simply cannot produce. This is considered one of the most technically demanding weaving techniques in the world. The precision required to build a knotted pile on top of a finished flatweave, pattern by pattern, takes years of skill to master. The rug is made from 100% hand-spun wool on a wool foundation, and the natural variations in the hand-spun wool give the surface a subtle lustre and depth that shifts as the light moves across it.