Hunarmand

Autumn · Multi-Day Masterclass

Three-Day Carpet Masterclass

with Mohammad Yusuf Sheikh, hand-knotted carpet master from Khanyar, Srinagar

Three days. Day one at the dyeing cauldron, day two cutting and tensioning your warp, day three knotting a small piece of your own. You sleep in a Dal Lake houseboat, walk to the workshop at dawn, and return home with a finished object and a body that has done the work.

Duration
3 days
Capacity
Up to 4 guests
From
Rs. 38,000 / person
Next date
09 Jan 2027
Languages
Koshur · Urdu · English
Venue
The Sheikh Loom Hall + Dal Lake · Khanyar, Srinagar — houseboat moored at Nehru Park

What you will actually learn

The technique, in his own words.

  • How to mix a madder dye that holds for forty years
  • Cutting and tying off a warp without snapping a single thread
  • Building a small carpet from raw fleece to finished piece
  • Reading the loom's mood across three days, not three hours

What you will take home

Something held by the hands, not just the inbox.

  • A small completed carpet, knotted entirely by you under master supervision
  • A jar of the madder dye you mixed
  • A handwritten certificate from the lineage book

Session structure

How the 3 days unfolds.

Day 1

8 hrs

09:30
11:00
13:30
14:30
  • 09:3011:00Tea + the dye-bath, smelling the colours
  • 11:0013:30Hands-on · your dye batch
  • 13:3014:30Lunch with the family
  • 14:3017:00Resting the dyed wool

Day 2

9 hrs

09:00
12:30
13:30
  • 09:0012:30Cutting and tensioning the warp
  • 12:3013:30Lunch
  • 13:3017:30First rows of knotting

Day 3

8 hrs

09:00
13:00
14:00
16:30
  • 09:0013:00Body of the piece
  • 13:0014:00Lunch
  • 14:0016:30Tying off · finishing edges
  • 16:3017:00Reflection · master's notes for you

Pricing tiers

Five ways to spend the day.

Every tier is set by Mohammad Yusuf and Hunarmand together — never by an algorithm. The Recommended tier is what most participants choose.

  • Classic Immersion

    Rs. 38,000/ person

    The standard 3-day Masterclass.

    • 3 days at the workshop
    • Houseboat stay
    • All meals
    • Finished piece

    Recommended

  • Private Immersion

    Rs. 84,000/ person

    Just you and the master, three days.

    • Everything in Classic, alone with the master
  • Two at the Loom

    Rs. 64,000/ person

    Two participants, side by side, one shared piece.

    • 3-day immersion for two
    • Shared houseboat
    • One shared piece
  • 2-day variant

    Rs. 26,000/ person

    Skip the dye day, begin at the warp.

    • 2 days, warp + body
    • All meals
    • Smaller piece
  • 5-day Extended

    Rs. 62,000/ person

    Add two more days for a finished mid-size piece.

    • 5 days at the workshop
    • Mid-size piece
    • Houseboat for 5 nights

"Three days will feel like three months. Come light. — Yusuf"

Mohammad

Reserve a seat