Ahidous Round Checkered Moroccan Rug

A stepped alley like Chefchaouen's, dusty-blue walls. Ahidous is the dance of the Atlas, and this striped Berber round rug keeps its beat: squares in step, cells at the foot. Weavers once held every step in memory. Zarbish makes it today.

Rows of small squares run straight across the circle and get cut off where they reach the edge, so the outer squares are half squares. The band across the top carries a pale comb line, and it is the only place on the rug where the pattern is a line rather than a block.