Стр. 10 - Azərbaycan xalçaları

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From the Middle Ages on, Guba carpets
gained wide-scale popularity due to their fine
and lustrous wool, high knot density, multi-
colored artistic arrangement, magnificent pat-
terns, and compact sizes. For the researcher
of the technological and artistic classifications
of Azerbaijani carpets in Transcaucasia, Guba
carpets are highly appreciated for their fine
wool, soft yarn, and quality.
In the nineteenth century, the increase of
carpet production in Azerbaijan stimulated
higher demands for yarn. Through this con-
nection, themajority of the population of Guba
was engaged in spinning. There were spin-
ning wheels in every house. In Guba, the spin-
ning wheel was a reliable companion for peas-
ant women and accompanied her throughout
her whole life. The attitude of people in Guba
towards spinning yarn is different and their
thoughts about carpet weaving were uncom-
mon. According to local views, the process of
spinning wool by a spindle or spinning wheel
meant that the human spun her own fate and
future. That is to say, a woman weaving a
carpet must have good intentions and good
wishes in her heart while spinning wool. The
weaving process also is evaluated such that
the weaver engraves her living story and life
on the carpet through knots and weaving.
In Guba, as a rule the first spinning wheel
was given to a girl at the age of nine or ten and
the second one when she had reached adult-
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