Category Archives: The Weavers

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Where Are the Red Rugs?

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Kevin

I received an excellent question from our contact form recently about the lack of Red Rugs available for purchase on warrug.com lately. Below is was my response: Your question about Red Rugs is a good one. Red Rugs were woven … Continue reading →

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The Camel’s Back

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Kevin

Two by Two Here are four rugs woven by two weavers of one pattern. The two pairs have distinctly different structures and materials, but each pair’s material, color, drawing, border, handle, knotting, and selvedge is consistent. Note inverted red helicopter … Continue reading →

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Red Rug Sub-Groups

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Kevin

Warrug.com’s selection of small red rugs illustrates sub groups of red rugs well. ‘Classic Red Rug ‘ “[not] Vegetable Dye” Modern [true] Vegetable Dye ‘Five Genades’ (random name but most popular style) ‘Squashed Helicopter’ Style’ ‘Camoflage Helicopter’ named for harlequin-esque … Continue reading →

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Call for Essays

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Kevin

Warrug is looking for essays for its series of upcoming publications. Please contact warrug.com with ideas if you are interested. -Kevin

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Behind the Purdah

Posted on October 23, 2005 by Kevin

Joanne Warfield’s photographs of Afghanistan are beautiful, and this group is important. I asked permission to take photographs, which was kindly granted to me. I knew at the time that this was a unique and special honor. [...] so this … Continue reading →

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Kevin Kelly Photos

Posted on September 20, 2005 by Kevin

The whole portfolio is worth viewing. His book” Boy with Khourjin Link The tools for carpet weaving are simple and few. There’s the loom, in a horizontal position. The weaver squats on the finished carpet as she weaves. She ties … Continue reading →

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Vegetable Colors

Posted on June 8, 2005 by Kevin

Lion Brand’s Design team had prepared gift bags of basic yarns in subdued colors, thinking that these would be in keeping with their guests’ cultural tastes but were surprised to find that the Afghan women were excited by the novelty … Continue reading →

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James Opie on Afghanistan

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Kevin

I stumbled across this piece by the author James Opie. Two basic streams of carpet designs can be identified in Afghanistan in the past several centuries. One is an urban design tradition of finely and precisely organized patterns, produced by … Continue reading →

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