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The Kyrgyzstan Carpets are known worldwide for their quality and exclusive patterns. These are also called the thick felt-carpets and the raw materials also make sacks for storing domestic articles, bags and garment for altering mountain climate.
The "skin" of the sheep has a great significance in the nomad's regular life. The carpets of Kyrgyzstan is made from the compressed sheep, camel or goat wool. To afford camel wool carpet, a huge amount currencies are required in its homeland itself. Kyrgyz felts are always ranked at the highest position in the handwork items due to its high quality. The life span of these carpets are considerably high and the time through the ages have experienced the authenticity of the manufacturing process.
The patterns are traditional but with excellent cutout mosaic designs that are rare in the world. The thread stitching is done very intricately with lovely color combinations that can strike one's eye from long distance. The patterns on the usually narrate Kyrgyzstan's environment, flora and fauna, and mythological and religious symbols.
The most frequent patterns on the Kyrgyzstan carpets noticed on the carpets are hornlike designs, a trident-raven claws, a fork-strick and an almond-shaped pattern is called a badam. The roll of the carpet is pressed down with two ropes, one that unwinds and the other winds up the roll which is usually pulled by the donkey or horse.
Kyrgyzstan Carpets is the most widely used commodity in the households of Kyrgyzstan and also famous in Central Asia.
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