How I started knotting miniature carpets...

When I left Belgium for Turkey I had to restart my life, I left so much in Belgium... also my looms.

Here, in Turkey, I did find a small silk loom, so I did start weaving.  First a little kilim because this is close to the techniques I did use before.

But than I wanted to try to knot carpets.  So I started with small ones, playing with old designs, creating new ones...

I remember the first small carpet I did sell was to a Dutch customer for the dollhouse, but still I did weave normal quality but small sizes, this for 8 years, building up experience in knotting carpets and making designs.  

I am always trying new things and when I discovered an old technique I was knotting a try out on my loom, when a customer (carpet dealer) came have a look: ' you are making a miniature Turkmen carpet' he said.  And this time it made me thinking of making miniature carpets. 

I like challenges so I wanted to give it a try.  It is very fun to make.  Every carpet a new style a new design...

The first months I was trying to make miniature copies of real existing most nomadic carpets.  But by getting more experience in making the designs and knotting them I wanted to refine more and more and than I started the silk carpets.

I still enjoy designing and knotting them!  And I hope you will like them too...