Sloweave Lookbook Part i & ii
Our Slow Weave Collection encapsulates the core of our ethics and values at Rugs for Good. Made in small batches to ensure that the artisans are provided with long term, sustainable work rather than short and large bursts. This is to support our beloved artisans who create these beautiful pieces of art. We only work with one group of weavers - not multiple factories. This collection is of the highest ethical standard in the rug industry. We hope you enjoy browsing this collection.
Our Slow Weave Collection encapsulates the core of our ethics and values at Rugs for Good. Made in small batches to ensure that the artisans are provided with long term, sustainable work rather than short and large bursts. This is to support our beloved artisans who create these beautiful pieces of art. We only work with one group of weavers - not multiple factories. This collection is of the highest ethical standard in the rug industry.
We hope you enjoy browsing this collection.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN THE MAKING
ONE RUG TAKES APPROXIMATELY
25-30 DAYS TO CREATE
STEP 1
Dyeing
STEP 2
Spinning
STEP 3
Weaving
STEP 4
Washing
STEP 5
Final Touches
The dyeing is done by
Wool and viscose are still
Our rugs are hand-knotted, braided or
The washing of one rug
This involves stretching,
master colour specialists
hand spun using wooden
flat-woven. Often, with a few weavers
can take up to 4 hours.
binding, dry washing,
who have refined their
or copper spindles.
sharing the workload of a single rug.
It is done outside with
trimming and clipping.
skills through generations.
One rug takes approximately 25-
buckets of soapy water
A manual process that
Dyeing is done by
30 days to create, with the weaving
and wooden paddles are
ensures the rug is finished
turning the wool through
process being the longest.
used to squeeze out the
at the highest standards
cauldrons of dye that sit
water. It is then combed
and to promote its
above a wood fire. In large
Up to three weavers sit side-by-side at
to remove any loose fibres
durability.
batches,that are processed
the looms, meticulously weaving one
and is rinsed the same way.
in a trough with the fibre
single knot at a time with the kind of
It is then hung out to dry in
hung over thick bamboo
care and attention that can only come
the fields on large bamboo
sticks. It is then dried in the
from a sense of pride of their level of
sticks.
sunshine out in the rural
craftsmanship.
fields of Bhadohi.
100 SLOW WEAVE COLLECTION RUGS FOR GOOD 101
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