Excellence in Morocco

TQuizá is buying carpet for excellence in Morocco and its sale within the businesses that give the country more revenue. Traditionally they have been made by women. In the rural world knows almost all knitting, and many devoted to it much of the "free" time, especially in winter when the cold forced to slow the pulse of life.The culture is deeply rooted carpet. Not only serve to clog the floor of the home, but for Moroccans carpet is what gold to the Gypsies have it, enjoy it, but if you ever spend a difficulty (crop failures, damage to housing, etc.) take her to the souk to turn it into cash. Therefore, one could say that carpet weaving is very supportive of the economy of families.In dozens of cultures coexist morocco, dozens of different ways to understand life, and each weaving carpets with colors, patterns, textures and techniques. I will not get into them simply because the know. Only point out that are very different from urban and rural areas. The urban areas are larger, bold colors and with embroidery based on symmetric geometric repetitions. The country can be different colors depending on the source, clearer in Middle Atlas where klim are typical, with long thick woolen yarns and more alive to the south.Now about the dark side of the force ... I should like both rugs are saying that every tourist should return with a home. Only in the medina of Fez there are hundreds of stalls selling carpets, some almost like a plant in El Corte Ingles. All Moroccan tourist stuck in the world has a "cousin" who sells carpets (strong chance), and if walking through the palm Tinerhir someone invites you for tea to her home, 90% to taste the tea in the carpet workshop of its "cousin".Let's play hypothetical account now. If we had all the carpets of all gambling dens all cities across the country, at least 1,000,000 rugs for sale. Assuming that it takes months to make a good handmade rug, not balance the books. The solution: poor quality of many craft (arcuate edges, badly drawn motifs, etc.) by excessive pressure on producers underpaid, and import of so many, especially in the Netherlands, acrylic and factory.I particularly do not differentiate whether a carpet is good or not ... only know if I like, but with the possibility always nail have refused your purchase. I was the theory, which I will explain below, but not put into practice: Observe if the edges are straight, scrape with your fingernail to see if the knots are tight, and starting a piece of yarn on the back to turn it on (if not but smells burning roast lamb, wool really). If these tips do not suffice-logic thing the other hand, they are not for me, the solution is to prepare your pocket and buy a rug that has passed the quality control of the ministry of craft, as they guarantee their origin and have a color coded according to the finished product: Tag orange, blue, green or yellow (in descending order of quality).Finally, you are catching a carpet uncomfortable, poor quality and small dimensions made traders say "cactus wool", and sold like hotcakes after demonstrating that they are fireproof. Then turn comprise ... and although they did not understand the importance given to such amazing property ... Whether!, If the house burns you can at least recover the carpet, big plus.