Afghan Khorjin Runner

Inject some zing to your hallway with this handmade Afghan Khorjin runner. This charming Afghan runner boasts the perfect fusion of modern and traditional design. 

It shows stunning uplifting colour combinations that will enhance your hallway, corridor or anywhere else that you choose to unroll it. These exquisite colours include grey, rust-red, apricot, brown, teal, blue, navy and cream.

The Khorjin design is particularly captivating. It shows three bands of pattern at each end divided by a theme of horizontal stripes across the middle third of the runner. 

Learn some more about this Afghan Khorjin Runner

This Khorjin design runner is a handmade rug. In recent times, the ever resourceful Afghan rug weavers and producers have been reworking ancient rug patterns by injecting these age-old designs with contemporary style appealing to modern-day tastes. 

This Khorjin runner adheres to this concept. The design origin / inspiration behind this Afghan runner is rooted in the tribal heritage of Afghanistan. The name "Khorjin" is attributed to saddle-bags; these are tribal bags with a large pocket on either side used by nomads on pack animals. 

On this contemporary-take of this design concept, the patterned sections on each end of the runner represent the pocket part of the saddle-bag, whilst the striped section in between mimics the flat woven underside of the bag. The result is a modern-looking runner with design embedded from a tribal past. 

Find out what this Afghan runner was made from

In keeping with tradition, this modern Afghan runner was made with typically durable natural fibres. 

It is made from wool for the pile of this runner. The woollen pile is hard wearing; it is hand-spun and coloured with beautiful natural dyes. The benefit of hand-spinning the woollen yarn is that it creates a strong fibre because of the high twist.  

Another delightful feature of this Afghan runner that you might notice is the intricate finishing on its ends. After the woollen pile, on each end there is an elaborate lattice of cotton which culminates in the fringe, which is grouped and wrapped with colourful embellishments.

There is more to this than meets the eye. These cotton fringes are also known as the warp threads. These important cotton yarns are the starting point from which the runner was made, as they are the first threads to be attached to the loom. Each thread of tassel, therefore travels the length of the runner and exits at the other end. The warps are thus, the yarns upon which the pile / knots are secured onto. 

Discover how this Khorjin design runner rug was made

This Afghan modern runner was handmade with age-old rug weaving techniques.  

The gorgeous pile of this runner was made by a method of hand-knotting. This is a meticulous and time-consuming way of rug making. By this method, each tuft of pile is created by the weaver tying a knot onto pairs of warp threads i.e. the knot ends make the tuft. The weaver knots in rows from one side of the loom to the other. After the line of knots is completed, wefts are woven between the knots and are compacted against the line of knots. The weaver will repeat this over and over, and the rug begins to form. 

The weaver works to a plan, and the sequence of all of the many different coloured knots combine to create the pattern of the runner.

Using this handmade Afghan modern runner in your home

This Khorjin design runner is an excellent choice if you want to add colour, texture and visual interest to your hallway. The contemporary-traditional style is not only attractive, but because of it's design heritage it will provide an interesting talking-point. 

The size of this Afghan runner makes it an appealing option for use in hallways, corridors and landings. It will be perfectly durable for wherever you choose to position it in your home, because it was tightly woven and made with hard wearing natural fibres. 

Key details: 

• Country of origin: Afghanistan
• Size: 202×75cm / 6’8″x2’6″ 
• Thickness: 7mm
• Pile: Wool, hand-knotted
• Warp: Cotton
• Age: New