Before you begin weaving your own
Oriental rug, consider this. Rug weaving is an art. A skilled weaver in India can tie about 6,000 knots per day. Thus the time for one person to knot a 9′ x 12′ rug in several common qualities works out like this:
(Note that usually more than one person works at a time on rugs from about 4′ x 6′ and larger. To get the actual weaving time for a carpet, you’d need to divide the “Time required” shown here by the number of weavers working simultaneously on the rug).
Quality
|
Knots/sq.in.
|
Knots/sq.ft.
|
Days/sq.ft.
|
Knots in a
9′ x 12′
Carpet
|
Time required to knot a
9′ x 12′ Carpet
|
“6/40”
|
60
|
8,640
|
1.4
|
933,120
|
151 days
(5 months)
|
“7/52”
|
91
|
13,104
|
2.2
|
1,415,232
|
237 days
(7.9 months)
|
“9/60”
|
135
|
19,440
|
3.2
|
2,099,520
|
346 days
(11.5 months)
|
“12/60”
|
180
|
25,920
|
4.3
|
2,799,360
|
464 days
(15.5 months)
|
Remember that these estimates do not include the time needed to prepare the wool (for wool clipping, carding, spinning, and dyeing), to map the design (about 8 days for a 12/60 quality rug), or to wash and clip the finished carpet (more than 15 days for a 12/60 quality 9′ x 12′ carpet).
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Source:
https://jacobsenrugs.com/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-weave-a-rug