The whole process is so incredibly time consuming that a carpetmaker must spend his entire life tying just one single carpet. |
The boy runs to a carpetmaker, who scoffs, "He has needs! What about me? I need thread for weaving my carpets." |
The Iranian fifth-generation carpetmaker wishes to open carpet factories in Armenia. |
For instance, a carpetmaker can lavish the great wools on his expensive $30 a square yard plush. |
That night, the carpetmaker closed his shop, piled his most precious wares upon a single camel, and left Baghdad. |
Once the knots are tied, the carpetmaker clips the ends of the wool threads so that they are all the same length, and washes the carpet to remove excess dye. |