手工打结是一种很古老的编织方式，对于图案设计所描绘的形象，手工左手拿色线，右手拿刀，前后打结，拉框过纬线，再进行拍打，然后用刀砍断色线，留1.5公分长，保持丝线一致，毯面平整，边要直，毯型正。这种双打结编织的方式将设计师精心设计的图案在地毯上栩栩如生地表现出来，每平方英尺用花线220克-250克，一个工人编织一条300道5×8英尺的丝毯需要14-20个月，800道1.4×2英尺则需要40-50个月。而制作一块1000道的丝毯，用料和头发丝差不多粗细，即使带着放大镜，一个姑娘完成后，视力也会不同程度地下降，通常就不再做第二条了。这种高道数真丝地毯成品编织时尤为不易，最为珍贵，极具收藏价值，经久耐用，很多人买来做传家宝用，因此它也有“软黄金”之称。
Hand-knotting is an ancient weaving way. For the scene the drawing show, the craftsmen hold colored string in the left hand and take knife in the right hand, knot back and forth, move the rime, pat it and then cut the string, leaving 1.5 cm long left. The pile of the carpets should be neat and smooth. The fringes should be straight. This double-knotting way present the well-designed pattern vividly. Every square feet carpet costs 220g-250g colored strings. A craftsman will spend 14-20 months weaving a 300 lined 5ft×8ft carpet. Weaving a 800 lined 1.4ft×2ft will cost a craftsman 40-50 months. Using silk as thin as hair, wearing magnifying lens, spending years, girls’ eyesight are impaired after weaving a 1000-lined carpet and never capable of making the second one. The weaving process of high-lined carpets is painstaking. The carpets with high quality are valuable. Many people bought them for collections or heirlooms. Hence the name “soft gold”.
