Afghan Khal Mohammadi Runner 3x9 · Hand-Knotted WoolAfghan Khal Mohammadi Runner 3x9 | Red, Navy & Purple | Hand-Knotted Wool

A master weaver’s name

Turkmen roots. Khal Mohammadi rugs are woven by Turkmen families in northern Afghanistan. The style takes its name from a respected weaver, and it is known for dense knots, a silky hand-spun wool and glowing red tones.

What to look for. Rows of the gul, the octagonal medallion each Turkmen tribe used as its emblem, on a deep red field. The fine wool gives it a soft sheen that deepens with use.

Your rug. This 3x9 Khal Mohammadi rug was woven by hand, one knot at a time. No other rug in the world is exactly like it.

Made by hand, in a family home

This rug was woven on a loom inside a family’s own home, most often by women, one knot at a time. A rug this size takes about two months to weave, which means steady income for a family in a country where paying work is scarce. We buy directly from weaving families and workshops we know, with no factories and no middlemen.

• Wool: sheared, washed and combed, then spun into yarn, much of it by hand.
• Dye: dyed in small batches, so every rug has gentle color shifts (abrash).
• Weaving: knotted by hand from a pattern or from memory, row after row.
• Finishing: beaten, sheared, singed, washed, stretched and dried by hand.

Read how our rugs are made

Rugistan® was founded in 2021 by Shams Frough. He served five years alongside U.S. forces as an interpreter in his native Afghanistan, then made Chicago home, where he put himself through college and is still studying today.

Shams and his wife run Rugistan® together, with showrooms in Evanston and Chicago. He still travels to the weaving regions himself and buys most of our rugs in person, from the families and workshops who make them. That's how we keep our prices fair. We also clean and repair handmade rugs.