Why Hand-Knotted Rugs Are Expensive

Why Hand-Knotted Rugs Are Expensive
The cost question is always valid.

📌 Here’s the honest answer.

1.⁠ ⁠Raw materials
We at Understorey use natural fibres – wool, silk, cashmere.
Machine-made rugs largely use polypropylene or acrylic – plastic-based yarns.

2.⁠ ⁠Labour
Hand-knotting requires multiple highly skilled weavers.
Each knot is tied manually.
Months of work.

3.⁠ ⁠Process
Dyeing, weaving, washing, finishing all human-driven.

There is no “switch on the machine and let it run.”

📍 You are paying for:
Skill acquired over decades
Time invested over months
Exclusivity
Longevity

It is labour-intensive by design.