Question

What is significant about each Turkish rug?

Each rug is made by the hands of virgin females.

Each rug has a flaw to keep away "the evil eye".

Each rug is taken before Allah for a blessing.

Each rug is hand tied with double knots while prayers are spoken.

Answer 1

Short answer: The true/important points are the use of the double (Turkish/Ghiordes) knot and the traditional inclusion of deliberate small flaws or protective motifs; the other two statements are not generally true.

Quick details:
- Hand‑tied double knot: Turkish (Anatolian) rugs characteristically use the symmetric Ghiordes (double) knot. That is a technical hallmark of many Turkish rugs.
- Deliberate “flaws” / protective motifs: It’s common for weavers to include an intentional imperfection or talismanic motifs (nazarlık, eye symbols, etc.) — partly as a cultural/religious humility (only God is perfect) and partly as apotropaic protection against the evil eye.

What’s not generally true:
- “Each rug is made by the hands of virgin females.” False. Rugs are made by men and women of various ages and marital statuses; historically many weavers were women but not necessarily virgins.
- “Each rug is taken before Allah for a blessing” / “tied while prayers are spoken.” Not a universal practice. Some weavers may pray or ask for blessings privately, and some rugs (prayer rugs) have specific religious uses, but there is no single ritual of blessing or spoken prayers required while tying every Turkish rug.