Every weave carries an emotion.
Sourced from weaving clusters across India, and from the hands that keep them alive.
Newly on the loom
A garment woven in patience carries calmness. One woven in devotion carries timeless beauty.
Apparel and home
A loom, and the person at it
Handloom is slow because a person is doing it. A saree can take a weaver days at the pit loom, throwing the shuttle by hand, watching the tension in every thread.
We buy directly from the clusters that still work this way, and we say where each piece came from.
Where our weaves come from
We buy from the cluster, not from a warehouse. Every piece is labelled with the place it was woven.
Nothing here is quick
The yarn
Cotton or silk is spun, sized with rice starch so it can take the tension, and wound onto bobbins.
The warp
Thousands of threads are stretched the length of the street, then drawn one by one through the reed.
The loom
The weaver sits at a pit loom, works the treadles by foot, and throws the shuttle across by hand.
The finish
The cloth is cut from the loom, washed to release the starch, and pressed. Then it is signed for.
