HAND KNOTTED

TIBETAN COLLECTION

Washing Tibetan wool at a high altitude in the Himalayan Mountains

Sorting and hand carding wool to remove debris

Spinning wool in Kathmandu, Nepal

Natural dye stuff for mixing colors

Steam dyeing wool over furnace

Tools of the trade include yarn ball, carving and trimming scissors, wooden mallet,claw toothed comb, and a warp divider

Hand drawing artwork and graphs

Weaving from a scaled hand drawn graph on wooden sample loom

Weaving using rod and Tibetan knot

Stretching rug on a frame to dry

Finishing: clipping, scissoring and carving