green tibetan carpets

SHIVHON is an environmentally and globally conscious company producing green Tibetan carpets. Our goal is to provide the US market with a world class natural flooring alternative at fair trade prices.

All of our wool comes from sheep raised in the high altitude Tibetan plateau, 16,000-ft. above sea level. Tibetan wool has an exceptionally long and flexible fiber staple and high lanolin content which makes exquisitely supple and durable carpets. The rich lanolin fiber and hand processing give our carpets their special luster, soft feel, and allows the dyes to imbue warmly saturated coloring. The lanolin content also makes the rugs stain resistant and helps protect them from wear.

Once the sheep are shorn in Tibet, the wool is transported human porters, and then small trucks to our manufacturing facilities in Nepal. The wool is then sorted, washed, hand carded, then hand spun into yarn, and dyed in small batches before being woven into carpets. This hand-processing of the yarn is a time consuming part of the process, but it yields a result far more beautiful and durable than any machine processed wool. The yarn is dyed using mineral and plant derivatives, or for certain colors, the highest quality Swiss aniline dyes. These Swiss aniline dyes are environmentally friendly. Our colors have a special richness without the harsh or artificial look of many chemical dyes.

Each carpet is woven on a traditional vertical loom using Tibetan double-knot  construction. A full-size pattern template is placed behind the loom and the weavers follow the design as they progress. Large intricate carpets take several weeks to develop. Once the weaving is complete, the carpet is washed and then entire carpet is trimmed by hand using special scissors

Please contact us for samples and prices today.