Category Archives: Patan
Mashru Cloth, Patan, India
Our tour group watched as Mashru cloth was woven with a pit loom Skeining the hand dyed rayon & cotton thread The double woven cloth is starched to make it smooth & shiny
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I didn’t finish telling you about the master weavers who make double ikat silk textiles. Here father and son (an architect) work side by side … on a traditional silk sari pattern that they can weave 8″ to 9″ per day. This sari took 5 people 6 months to make. No wonder the family members […]
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Back to my travels in India. I didn’t finish telling you about all of the textiley things I saw on my travels. We spent a morning in Patan with the Salvi family who are master weavers of double ikat. The family has been producing these unique silk saris since the 11th century. The tying of […]
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