The Loom

Pick a region of Iran, load its documented palette and motif vocabulary, and start setting knots. Each region carries its own colors, knot structure and layout, drawn from a handful of rug-history sources as a starting scaffold. How will you tie the past into the future?

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weave
material
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motif guide
  1. Click a warp cell to tie a knot. Already got one right below? Keep building straight up that column too.
  2. Pass weft once the row has knots in it.
  3. Beat to lock the row in. Beat again for a tighter weave.
  4. Advance when you're ready for the next row up.
  5. Pick a motif, click to stamp it, click again for another copy. Rotate it first if you want it turned.
AS tie W weft Space beat Enter advance R rotate
Warp: the loom's bare threads, never colored
Weft: locks a finished row. Fine city rugs pass it as a tighter double line, village rugs as one looser pass.
Knot: one hand-tied loop. This is the entire pattern.