Based in Portland Oregon and BC Canada. Himalayan Wool Hand Knotted in Nepal by Tibetan Tradition

Ethically Sourced and Produced using Fairtrade Standards

Suseli Custom Rug Designs and Imports

Design and Rug Process

Learn below about our custom rug process, or choose from one of our designs and start your order today!

To contact us, please use email

To show the design process of a rug, this image is the first hand sketch of the design. image created using computer software.
The custom design process usually begins with a sketch, a photo, or a descriptive email
Computer Rendering of design, and with refined design free of layout imperfections
We will provide services along the way, including approximations, cost estimates, and predictive renderings of the design.
After the design is chosen and finalized, the wool or other fiber is prepared
Suseli uses only authentically sourced fibers
Wool preparation, dye preparation, and project preparation are essential to making beautiful hand-knotted rugs
The most skilled artisans can take months to loom the most complicated designs. Each knot is tied carefully according to timeless tradition, by hand.
Finishing by hand requires rug artisans to possess both talent for finesse and special ergonomic skills.

From Idea to Materialization

The Rug design process begins in your imagination and can start with a conversation, a sketch, a photo, or an existing piece of work – a design that would suit your wall or floor. If you have an idea but don’t already have a design, we can work together by email to get your ideas into a sketch, then a mockup, then a layout, then a rendering, and finally into a unique rug that fits you and your environment.

The Journey of a Rug

Our rugs begin in the Himalayas where shepherds rear their sheep with traditional, environmentally low-impact methods. Millennia old trade agreements and routes are used to transport the wool from the Tibetan Plateau southwards down precipitous slopes to the modernized Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. In Ancient times, all the trade would have been done by human carriers, mules, and horses. These days, the old transport methods remain, but we’ll find local people using motorized vehicles closer to the city. Much of the Himalayas remain untouched by roads, and most grazing areas are only reached by foot. In the valley, there is electricity, internet, running water, and all the modern amenities that facilitate small batch handicrafts. This valley is where the wool meets incredible skillset, and that skillset meets your creative ideas.

From start to finish, we work with fairtrade dyeing and manufacturing partners to ensure quality of wool, fibre cleaning, spinning, dyeing, scaffolding, weaving/knotting, and of course fairtrade workplace safety/comfort and labour pay rate standards.

Here at Suseli, each rug begins a journey – it helps to keep an explorer’s mind – each unique rug requires communication, travel, partnerships, negotiations, and cultural/language navigation.

Our Part

Since 2023, we are a family business that focuses on building dependable relationships in order to translate imagination into design, and ultimately design into reality – a tangible and tactile work of artisanry that compliments your space and your needs. We hope that through the work together, your vision will be achieved in detail and in a timely manner. Please click here to learn more about our commitments to our environment and our relationships.

Are you ready to begin your rug adventure? It starts with just an email!