A weaver at a handloom, seen through the warp threads
Pure Kaithari handloom

Every weave carries an emotion.

Sourced from weaving clusters across India, and from the hands that keep them alive.

Shop the weaves

Two weaves to start with, and a third on the loom. Each piece woven to order, and labelled with where it came from.

Sarees on the loom

Handwoven to order in Kerala cotton and tissue. Each one comes off the loom, is washed to release the starch, and is signed for.

Nothing here is quick

A saree can take a weaver days at the pit loom. This is where the hours go.

01

The yarn

Spun, sized with rice starch so it can take the tension, and wound onto bobbins.

02

The warp

Stretched the length of the street, then drawn one by one through the reed.

03

The loom

The weaver works the treadles by foot and throws the shuttle across by hand.

04

The finish

Cut from the loom, washed to release the starch, and pressed. Then it is signed for.

Handloom weaving
The hands behind the cloth

A loom, and the person at it

Handloom is slow because a person is doing it. We buy directly from the clusters that still work this way, and we say who wove each piece.

Meet our weavers

Mundu, ready to wear

Kasavu and puliyilakkara borders, woven single. The everyday piece, made the slow way.

See the new weaves first

Message us on WhatsApp. We send the catalogue, hold your size, and tell you the moment a new piece comes off the loom. Nothing else.