Srinagar, India
Jay Cee Exports is a Srinagar house, at Khan Mohalla opposite Aali Masjid in Eidgah, working in the Kashmir hand-knotting tradition. Hand-knotted carpets are the single line it deals in. Mehraj Yasin Jan is the contact for the firm, which also keeps a Delhi address at Sarita Vihar. Jay Cee Exports is a member of the Carpet Export Promotion Council, the Indian Ministry of Textiles body for carpet exporters, under membership number 7235.
Hand-knotted carpets
Pile carpets knotted by hand on an upright loom, one knot at a time, and clipped level once the weaving is finished. Fineness is a function of knot count, which the design is drawn to before a loom is warped.