One of my very favorite parts of our trip to Turkey was a brief, but memorable experience with an elderly lady and her daughter who sit all day and make Turkish rugs to sell. I learned that a medium sized rug takes them about 90 days. They are made entirely by hand and these women come up with the patterns as they tie the knots. They were initially quite shy, so while I wanted to stay there and take about five million pictures, I also wanted to be respectful, so I only took a few. Much to my delight, the daughter motioned for me to come sit down by her and showed me how to tie the knots (which Geoff videotaped). It is certainly not an easy or quick task and I will never lament the cost of a Turkish rug again. We had very limited contact with Turkish natives in their element, much to my chagrin, so this was very special to me.
One of my favorite things to photograph is people doing what they do. Your photos are wonderful.
Beautiful.
Wow, that was amazing and beautiful pictures Leah. Can’t wait to see more of your trip.
Those are the quality of pictures you would see in National Geographic….
These photos are awesome! I’m so happy that you got to experience this place.
So, so jealous of this. Amazing. Please tell me you purchased a rug for me. 🙂
So gorgeous. Now if you could find these women’s mailing address to send them copies! Do they know how beautiful they are??