Hand-made carpets hold a significant position in the industry worldwide. India, with a population that is supported by skills or inclination towards such art and craft has a strong potential for growth. In recent years, the hand-made carpet sector in India has shown a great progress in areas like capacities, competitiveness, and delivery time. With proper infrastructural facilities, marketing, commercial support and government support, this industry has tremendous chances of growth.

To make the process of weaving easier, many developments have taken place in this sector. At the beginning, only natural dyes were used to obtain subtle and attractive colours. Madder, a plant which is available almost everywhere, was the most important colorant of vegetable origin. The roots of the plant provided shades of red and pink; green was taken from the grass and brown from the kicker tree. All these were extracted and then used as colours for rugs and carpets. Gradually, with the advent of synthetic colours, chemical dyes were used in place of natural dyes. These also offered a wide range of colours that the weavers deftly incorporated in coloring of carpets.
Like colorings, patterns crafting is also an integral part in carpet weaving. The usual procedure followed by the weaver is to draw his designs and transfer them to a graph paper on which each square symbolizes a single knot. Then the paper is divided into several parts depending on whether the pattern is intended for the medallion or center or for a part of a repeated pattern. These sheets of paper are then passed on to the knotting workshop. There was another method known as ‘Talim’ followed by the weavers of Kashmir and Amritsar. A coded colour chart is used which shows the number of knots to be woven in their respective colours. The master-weaver reads aloud the chart and the weavers follow his directions carefully. The number of knots to be woven is indicated by signs.
This was a time consuming procedure and was carried out with utmost care. Today, designing has become an easier task with the availability of CAD/CAM software's. Weavers have switched to computer-aided designs which enable them to create designs in a short span of time. Earlier, it was not always possible for the carpet weavers to make the perfect carpet or a rug which they had imagined or were instructed. Now, with the help of computer designing, they can visualize the carpet even before it is made.
For hand-made carpets, looms play a vital role. One of the most commonly used loom in India is the roller-beam loom. The simplest of these looms is the one with two horizontal wooden beams between which the wrapped threads are stretched. One beam is in front of the weaver and the other behind the first. As the knotting proceeds, the carpet is rolled to the back of the loom. The loom gives shape to the carpet-weaver's creative expressions. However, today with advances in production technology, machine-made carpets are becoming increasingly popular.

Besides this, proper trainings are imparted to both male and female weavers to come up with new designs and better efficiency. Skill development of the weavers has been a highlight. The government and various agencies, including carpet manufacturers also have come up with many facilities for the overall growth of the weavers like regular work, improved working conditions, incentives, health care and most important of all prevention of child labour.