jajim
Sign in to savealt=Jajim of the Kermanshah Province|thumb|Jajim of the Kermanshah province|Kermanshah Province Jajim (; ; ; ) also spelled as gelims, or jajim-bafi, is a handmade, flat-woven textile made of colored natural fiber which is created and used in the majority of villages and rural areas of Iran. Other locations the Jajim is found include Azerbaijan, Turkey, and India.
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alt=Jajim of the Kermanshah Province|thumb|Jajim of the Kermanshah province|Kermanshah Province Jajim (; ; ; ) also spelled as gelims, or jajim-bafi, is a handmade, flat-woven textile made of colored natural fiber which is created and used in the majority of villages and rural areas of Iran. Other locations the Jajim is found include Azerbaijan, Turkey, and India.
== About == thumb|alt=Woman weaving Jajim on a loom|Woman weaving Jajim on a loom The nomadic Shahsevan people are thought to be the originators of the handicraft. Jajim is a thicker textile, similar to a blanket. The yarn used to created Jajim are either wool, cotton, or a wool and cotton-blend. In contrast to the classically woven kilims and carpets which is a single panel, to weave a Jajim you create multiple narrow woven panels (often 4) and the panels are sewn together.