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JUST ARRIVED- Plain 100% handwoven, hand-dyed Hemp and cotton!

Just arrived are a bundle of 100% handwoven cotton and hemp fabrics. These natural textiles are hand produced and hand-dyed, using natural plant dyes. Some of these have been washed in a rice water solution to starch them.
These will be available in the store to be purchased by 25cm lengths for smaller projects and also [...]

Resistance dyeing and the Lao WEFT IKAT

Below is another gorgeous piece of Lao cotton IKAT or MUTMEE, carefully handwoven into a smooth fine cotton textile. These textiles use resistance dyeing methods, similar to tie-dying, where the threads of the fabric are resist dyed before being woven to allow a pattern to appear. These threads are hand dyed, many numerous times , [...]