The field guide · Knots and fineness
Open right
Open right describes an asymmetric knot whose open side, the side not fully wrapped round a warp, faces right: the mirror image of open left. In Persian carpets it is the less common direction. Iranica gives it as the general rule in Tekke Turkmen rugs, unlike the open-left Salor, and records Yomut weavers using all three knot forms (symmetric, open left, open right), sometimes in one carpet.
Also open to the right · asymmetric open right · asymmetrical knot open to the right · Persian knot open right · right-open knot
See also Open left, Asymmetric knot (Persian knot), Symmetric knot (Turkish knot), Turkmen, Mari Gul
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