Knotted-pile carpet

This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knots... to form the pile or nap of the carpet.

"[2] Knots are tied in rows, one to each pair of warp threads, which may then be pushed down to make the rug more solid: "the interwoven warp and weft threads form the carpet's foundation, and the design comes from the rows of knots.

This feature allows for changes from one half knot to the next, and creates diagonal pattern lines at different angles.

[8] The Ghiordes knot is also used in Turkeywork textiles of the Early Modern period.

However, as carpets woven wholly or partly with the jufti knot need only half the amount of pile yarn compared to traditionally woven carpets, their pile is less resistant to wear, and these rugs do not last as long.

Some of the rug fragments excavated by A. Stein in Turfan seem to be woven with a single knot.

Knotted carpet with colorful wave-like motifs from Yanghai ( Subeshi culture ) were dated to 700 BCE, and are now the oldest known knotted carpet in the world, before the 4th century BCE Pazyryk carpets . Turpan Museum . [ 6 ]
Decorated knotted-pile carpet from Pazyryk-5 . 4th century BCE. [ 7 ]