From Dawn to Dream
well, a dreamy saree anyhow “Khadi is very delicate,” says master weaver, Krishnamoorthy. “You have to treat it carefully, like it is an honoured guest.”...
Kanchipuram Process
Difference between Power LooM and Handloom
Once the saree design is satisfactory, it gets punched into a series of cards that are used in the jacquard loom (a power loom). Each...
The Ingredients of a Saree….or a Saree Recipe…..
Sources The silk comes from Mysore. The zari from Surat. The dye is either natural or more often, chemical. The design comes from tradition. The...
Kanchipuram Silk Saree Colours and their Meanings
The colours of Kanchipuram weaves have musical names, all of them in native Tamil. Some of them come from the names of the fruits, flowers,...
Dyeing Kanchipuram Silk Yarn
Dyeing yarn is done by another group. Srinivasan, a young “distributor” of silk sarees says that in the old days, the weaver did everything, from...
