The first step in making our carpets is preparing the design map. This is a crucial step, as it will determine the final outcome. Our expert designers spend as much time as necessary making sure their map is perfect. At our factory, we still design by hand sometimes to maintain authenticity and uniqueness. With hand knotted carpets, we usually draw our design maps with the help of a computer software in which we can specify each knot and make sure it is the way our customer wants to have it. The resulting design depiction will create a weaving graph for our weavers to follow later.