About this design

Drawn in the Gabbeh style. A hand-drawn weaving pattern, ready for your loom.

It is a hand-drawn nakış, the weaving cartoon that sets out every knot before the loom is strung. This one measures 245×305 cm (8×10 ft), drawn at 35×35 knots per 10 cm, about 915,381 knots in all, in a palette of 12 colors. The drawing is the part we sell: a production-ready file a weaver can load onto a loom and weave in their own size and yarn.

You can see how a cartoon becomes a rug on our Craft & Heritage page.

Color palette

Production estimate

Estimates only, for a single machine or a single weaver. Actual figures depend on yarn, loom and how many people work on the piece.

File & compatibility

The pattern is an 8-bit indexed BMP cartoon where every pixel is one knot. The steps below cover going from the downloaded file to the loom.

1. 1
   Download your files

   After checkout you receive the clean, watermark-free 8-bit BMP weaving cartoon and the color palette sheet (HEX and RGB).

2. 2
   Open your weaving software

   The BMP opens in most knot-cartoon and weaving CAD systems, such as NedGraphics, EAT and common loom-cartoon rugPatterns.

3. 3
   Import the BMP as a knot cartoon

   Each pixel maps to one knot at the listed density (for example 32×36 per 10 cm), so the woven rug matches the design pixel for pixel.

4. 4
   Map the palette to your yarn

   Match each design color from the palette sheet to a yarn in your stock. The palette gives exact HEX and RGB values, and your supplier matches each one to a real yarn.

5. 5
   Set size and knot density

   Confirm the dimensions and knot quality, or re-scale the cartoon to a standard size (8×10, 9×12, 10×14) or a custom size.

6. 6
   Load the loom and start weaving

   Send the finished cartoon to your loom or weavers and begin production.

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