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Our workshop

Inside the workshop

How Zarbish makes its rugs: the weavers, the place and every step from raw wool to the day a rug ships.

Every Zarbish rug is made by hand in Mrirt, in Morocco's Middle Atlas, by a team of weavers paid fairly for each one.

It spends three to eight weeks on an upright steel loom, depending on its size.

The making

Five steps, one workshop

A hand-knotted round Beni Ourain rug in a living room

Step 1: The design, for its shape

  • Each design is composed for its shape, Classic, round or runner.

Washed fleece spread to dry on the earth roofs of an Atlas village, a woman turning the wool beside it

Step 2: Wool and color

  • 100% natural wool, with the color put in before the loom.
  • Natural plant and mineral dyes, fixed so the color does not transfer or shift with use.

Close view of the hand-knotted wool pile of Zahra, an orange and pink Boujaad rug

Step 3: On the loom, by hand

  • An upright steel loom, its warp strung to your confirmed width before the first knot.
  • Knotted by hand, row by row, so densely that the pattern shows on the back.

Tadla, a rose and peach Beni Mrirt rug, folded to show the clipped pile

Step 4: Clipped, finished, washed

  • The pile clipped to your height, edges and tassels finished by hand.
  • Washed once the last cut is made.

Close view of the pile and pattern of Tichka, an ivory and black hand-knotted rug

Step 5: The last look

  • A last look against the design, and it ships.

The team

The weavers

They take every step by hand, from the design to the final cut, and every collection is knotted here: Beni Ourain and Boujaad designs as well as the sculpted rugs of Terrain. Zarbish runs it all, so every rug goes from the loom to you directly.

A weaver at an upright steel loom holds a ball of dyed wool against the strung warp
At the loom
Hands turning washed white fleece in a basket
WoolWashed fleece, before the dye
Close view of the dense charcoal pile of Kohl, a solid Beni Ourain rug
KnotA dense, even pile
The corner of Tamda, a charcoal and ivory Beni Ourain rug, with its hand-finished tassels
FringeTassels on the short ends

Your order

After you order

  1. 01

    Your choices. The size, the design and its palette, the pile height and the tassels go to the loom with your order.

  2. 02

    On the loom. 3 to 8 weeks, by size. An update at every stage.

  3. 03

    Washed, checked. Clipped, washed, dried in the sun, and checked against the design.

  4. 04

    On its way. Delivery in 3-7 business days, with tracking.

Time on the loom, by size

90x150 to 120x185 cm
3-4 weeks
150x245 to 185x275 cm
4-5 weeks
245x305 to 275x365 cm
5-6 weeks
Over 275x365 cm
6-8 weeks
Runners, all sizes
3-4 weeks

Sustainability

Made fairly, kept longer

No child works on any step of making our rugs, from the wool to the final trim.

From the workshop

Written by Zarbish. Updated .

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