Soumak

Soumak is a flatweave built by weft wrapping: a pattern weft is wound forward over several warps and back under fewer, row after row, often with a plain ground weft between the rows. The wraps form slanting stitches across the face; where alternate rows slant opposite ways they make a herringbone, called countered soumak.

Also Sumak · Sumac · Sumakh · Soumakh · Sumac Kilim · weft wrapping

See also Kilim, Flatweave, Khorjin (saddlebag)

Last reviewed November 2026