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Carpets are a weak point for me (as seen here and here). It’s not always been that way. Maybe it happened after I hit 30, maybe I just miss having a home to decorate. Either way, I can’t stop imagining our future home filled with beautiful carpets.
That being said, we stopped by the random Tibetan settlement just outside Miao to check out their handicrafts center. As usual, our timing was impeccable. It was a Sunday and everything within a 1,000 kilometer radius was closed. But we were there and figured we might just get lucky. And, lucky we were. A really nice guy let us into the carpet weaving section of the village.
Tibetan carpet factory in Miao, India
Wow, wow, wow: I was in nerdy carpet-weaving heaven. He lead us to a loom that was being worked on by three ladies. We watched them hand knot a carpet that was going to take a total of 15 days at 8 hours a day to complete.
Having been taught how to use a loom to weave rag carpets in Sweden, I was curious how a hand knotted carpet was constructed. And, well folks, I still don’t know. Check out the video below to see why: the hand was truly faster than the eye. How the heck are those knots made? I still can’t tell.
We left the shop regrettably empty handed. We’ve bought our fair share of carpets on this trip and, with no home to speak of, it really is just plain dumb to buy any more decorative items. But at $180 for all that knotting, I have to slot not buying one of their carpets as regret number 5,673 of my souvenir shopping.
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