Turkey knot in rugs

Takes its name from Ghiordes, a village in Asia Minor famous for its weaving and rugs, and it can be reproduced with a needle to give exactly the same knot as when worked with the fingers on a loom.

It is also interesting to note that a machine has now been invented which reproduces the knot very faithfully in machine-made carpets and rugs.

It is worked over the two adjacent threads forming each double bar of warp or, if a single mesh canvas is used, over the warp threads in pairs. Being worked in one direction only, it cannot be quite as strong on the back as Surrey stitch where the threads of the canvas are pulled together in two directions, nor does it produce such an attractive pattern on the reverse side of the rug.

There .are, however, many people who prefer the action of working always in one direction (and say that they find it rather quicker in execution than Surrey stitch) while, as previously mentioned, on the front the two methods give an exactly similar appearance.