Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Carpet Shopping in Turkey

What trip to Turkey would be complete without a visit to a carpet shop .
We were very fortunate to go to a very fine establishment that acted as a training centre for weavers, produced carpets in their workshop and of course had a retail outlet.
We were given a very interesting and detailed tour starting with the yarn dying process, spinning of silk, weaving of carpets.
Vats for dying

Of course I was attracted to all the yummy colours

A weaver producing a stunning carpet

Of course not possible to escape the sales pitch and obligatory apple tea. I was particularly attracted to the more modern designs, the colours gorgeous. Was very tempted but ...........

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