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Kabul: capital of Afghanistan.
Kandahar: Pashtoon cultural centre, S
Afghanistan, second largest city in Afghanistan.
Kapunuk: (Turkmen) a pile weaving used
as door surround, often associated with dowry and wedding
function.
Karakalpak: a tribal group often thought
to be aligned with the Uzbeks. Jon Thompson called them either
Uzbekicised Turkmen or Turkmenicised Uzbeks, living primarily
in the Khiva region of Uzbekistan.
Karchin: also karshin - storage bag.
Kashmir: Controversial home of some moghul
carpets.
Kathmandu: market for some Himalayan
weaving, capital of Nepal.
Kayseri: Centre of turkish commercial
weaving especially silk.
Kazak: In origin, a tribal name, now
a town, river and district in the extreme west of Azerbaijan,
the Caucuses. Kazak rugs are noted for their coarse, long-pile
carpets with shiny wool and vigorous designs. The weavers
were Turkic nomads, now settled, who came to the region at
the time of the great westward migration of Turks in the eleventh
century.
Kejebe: (Turkmen) wedding litter placed
on top of the camel, baskets for transporting a load.
Kellegi: A Persian word for a wide runner,
for example 6 x 13.
Kepse Gol: (Turkmen) pattern name for
a motif seen only in Yomud Turkmen rugs and weavings.
Kese: (Turkmen) tobacco pouch.
Kerman: elegant southeast Persian traditional
weaving centre.
Ketken: plant used as a mordant in treating
yarn before dyeing.
Khali: (Turkmen) pile rug, related to
the Turkish word for rug (Hali).
Khalyk: (Turkmen) long narrow small rug
hung on the chest of the wedding camel.
Khorjin: (Turkmen) also korjin, a saddle
bag.
Kilim (Kelim, Gelim, Gilim): A pileless
smooth surfaced weaving in which pattern is formed by the
wefts, which completely conceal the warps.
Kirmizi: (Uzbek) cochineal dye.
Kirshehir: Centre of Anatolian prayer
rugs.
Kizyl: (Turkmen) red.
Knot Count: The number of knots in a
square inch of a rug. Hand made Chinese rugs are often described
in terms of "line." A 65 Line rug would have 65
knots per foot of width, 65 knots per foot of length, and
29 knots per square inch. Knot makes the pile or nap of a
carpet and distinguishes it from the machine made and flatweaves.
Knot: A knot is formed when wool, cotton
or silk yarn is looped around the warp threads. There are
different procedures for knotting and each knot type has a
name, for example there is a Turkish (Ghiordes) knot and a
Persian (Sennah) knot.
Knotted Pile: The type of weaving most
associated with oriental rugs in which tufts of wool forming
pile are wrapped around one or more (usually two) warps to
project at right angles to the plane of the weaving. They
are tied individually, one row at a time, and held in place
by ground wefts. The process is to be distinguished from the
making of hooked rugs in which tufts of wool are poked into
pre-existing loosely woven fabric.
Konya: important Anatolian weaving and
cultural centre.
Kork Wool: The very finest quality wool
obtained from the shoulder and flanks of shearling lambs.
Kouchi: also Kuchi, Generic Afghan name
for tribal pastoralists or nomads.
Kowdani: a type and quality of Afghan
rug, Baluch group from eastern Afghanistan.
KPSI (Knots per square inch): Number
of knots per square inch rates the knot quality.
Kufic: early Islamic script stylised
in carpets usually borders.
Kula: West Anatolian historically important
weaving town.
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