TAKE ME BACK TO TURKEY.
Yes, it's October. It's dreary and wet and man, I could use a little sun and Mediterranean food right about now...
I had the opportunity to travel through Venice, Dubrovnik, Athens, Ephesus, and Split with my Mom this past Oct and I never got a chance to post photos from the trip.
Today I was thinking about the beautiful Kilim rugs that I saw while in Turkey. I had the fortune of watching the entire process from start to finish at a weaving collective in Ephesus. It was stunning - the actual spinning of the silk from the silk worm (I wish I had a good photo of that!), the natural pigment baths used to dye the wools, cotton and silks and the actual weaving process itself by the resident weavers (see above). That visit really inspired me to work with Kilim textiles.. now I'm hooked! I will always love the color, patterns and feel of the finely woven Kilim.
That said, I'm very much looking forward to sourcing some new textiles for our new line of Kilim bags.
