Durries and Carpet Weaving - Bhadohi
Hand Tufted Carpets and Dhurries
An iron frame with nails all around the border is used for hand tufting carpet and dhurrie. A matted or knitted cloth (canvas) is stretched onto the nails of the frame and it is vertical positioned. The design pattern is traced or drawn onto the cloth. The woolen yarn is spread onto the yarn swift equipment in order to wind the yarn into yarn balls. Here in hand tufting process, three woolen yarns are spread onto three separate yarn swifts and it is drawn (winded) together into a yarn ball. The tufting gun is loaded with the three yarns spun together.
A tufting gun is an iron gun, which tufts the yarns onto the canvas and cut it in the appropriate length size set in the gun. Continues tufting acquires a bunch of shredded pile of yarns to the opposite side of the canvas which appears like a carpet’s face. The complete process of hand tufted carpet is made from the rear end of the product while in the case of hand knotted carpet the work is done from the fore end. Once the whole pattern is tufted onto the canvas and the design obtained is accomplished; the canvas is removed and tightly stretched to the iron frame placing on the ground. The rear end of the carpet is then guarded with the netted cloth and latex adhesive is spread out to all the ends which ensures every tuft from not coming out from the canvas. The latex embeds the knots and locks its position. After the latex is dried one more layer of netted cloth and latex is applied to provide additional strength to the carpet. Further after the second coating is dried the extra canvas cloth on all the sides are folded inwards and pasted. For the final finishing a support from behind is given by sticking a felt cloth on the second latex surface with latex and stitched it all around like a protective material and stitched together to cover the internal layers of the carpet. Finally trimming is done and the carpet or dhurrie is sent to the market for sale.
