People are astonished when I tell them that a 9'x12' Asmara Needlepoint rug is made up of 1.5 million individual hand made stitches (1,555,200 to be exact). The only people who are not surprised are needlepoint hobbyists who know how much time it takes to complete just a few inches of Petit-point let alone a large room size rug with millions of stitches and hundreds of colors! So today we pull back the curtains and reveal how needlepoint rugs are made at London's famous Royal School of Needlework and at the Asmara Needlepoint Studio.
