Unlike most Turks or Iranians, the Tibetans did not so much use their rugs as a floor or wall coverings but used them as bench cover or meditation mat. The Tibetan wool is very appropriate for rugs: strong, flexible and shiny. Men or women spin the wool either on their thigh or on a spinning top. The pile is knotted with a technique of loops wound around a rod. Rugs for homely use were made on narrow looms without a wooden structure. Warp threads were fastened behind the weaver. Narrow stripes were produced and sewn together.