Yahyali 135 x 95

The handmade carpets' colors look different depending on the side you view the carpet from.This is because wool of handmade carpets, in contrast to machine made carpets, is inclined so that the carpet has protection from dirt and wear.
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Yahyalı are handmade carpets woven in the Kayseri region, known for their patterns and colors. A Kayseri Yahyalı carpet is made of 100% woolen yarns, woven with the double knot technique (Gördes knot).
In the production of Yahyalı carpets, in addition to woolen yarns, Kirman yarn (hand-spun yarns) can also be used.
Vegetable dyes have been used in the yarns, for example, clay mud is used for the gray yarns, green walnut shells for the brown, olive, mint and watermelon leaves for the green, the root of the chili dye plant for the red, while the white yarn comes from the color of completely natural wool.
Yahyalı carpets are mainly designed with patterns of plants, objects and landscapes that have geometric lines and are classified in the group of "Classic Anatolian Carpets".
Yahyalı carpets are beautiful, simple and very durable.
Handmade carpets from this region are very rare and are hardly woven anymore today, so many are already antique or semi-antique. Because of their fineness and rarity, these rugs are often traded as an investment as well.

About weave and colors of nomadic carpets

Some carpets, mostly nomadic, have stripes of another colour in the weaving. This happens because every wool quality absorbs different the colour, but the weaver does not see it before the final wash, where the carpet gets its final appearance.
Small subtle stripes many times "give live" to a carpet, but large contrasts in colour are considered annoying and reduce the value of a carpet.
This phenomenon is called abrash, a word derived from the word rash in Fars language (mean cloudiness).

Also the form of nomadic carpets may be a little crooked as they are made under simple conditions and on foldable-not stable looms.

Despite the naturalness of these phenomena, our company tries to eliminate them as far as possible and selects mainly high quality carpets without flaws, with very strict criteria.

Other information’s

Nomadic carpets were for many years a smart purchase with a low price. But it is unfortunately a fact that this changes every year. The offer of original nomadic carpets continuously decreases with the result that prices go up.
Many current nomads are no longer move continuously as before, this has results in the nomadic tradition and culture. The carpets and rugs of course continue to be an important element of their lives.
The materials used are homemade and the looms are usually horizontal and foldable.
They do not use a drawing of the carpet, but they weave by memory.
The Designs are influenced by their environment and they have been handed over from generation to generation.