(a photo story)
THIS IS THE YARN WE USE FOR MAKING ANY FABRIC/GARMENT YOU CAN SEE IN THE MARKET 
THEN WE MAKE THIS SMALL RINGS OF A LOT OF YARN SO WE CAN MAKE LONG LONG FABRIC 
THIS IS THE CLOSE UP- WE CALL THEM 
OR WE CAN USE CONES DIRECTLY FOR THE WARP(HORIZONTAL THREADS) PREPARATION 
THIS IS OUR WARP. THIS LOOKS LIKE AN EASY JOB BUT CAN TAKE 3 TO 4 HOURSE DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH WE WE ARE PREPARING 
THEN WE SET THIS IN A POL-LIKE STRUCTURE WHICH IS CALLED BEEM, WHICH WE WILL SET IN THIS HANDLOOM 
THIS ARE HEALD WE CALL THEM RACH. CAREFULLY EACH THREAD PASSES THROUGH EACH RACH (CAN TAKE A WHOLE DAY) 
THEN THE THREAD PASSES THROUGH FROM THESE REEDS WE CALL KANGHEE (CAN ALSO TAKE ONE DAY) 
THE END OF THREADS GROUPED TOGETHER ARE SECURED CAREFULLY IN HANDLOOM WITH TIGHT KNOTS 
NOW WE ARE PREPARING WEFT(VERTICAL THREADS) IN THIS GANDHI JI’S CHARKHA 
WE ARE READY FOR WEAVING. MOST PEOPLE ONLY KNOW THE PROCESS AFTER THIS STEP WHILE WE HAVE ALREADY SPEND 2 TO 3 DAYS TO REACH THIS STAGE 
THIS SHUTTLE CONTAINS WEFT BOBBING WHICH CONTAINS OUR THREAD. THIS TRANSPORTS THE WEFT ACROSS LOOM, INTERLACING IT WITH WARP 
WITH THE HELP OF PADDLES WE CREAD A SHED FOR WEFT YARN TO PASS THROUGH. DIFFERENT KIND OF PADDLING CAN CREAT DIFFERENT WEAVING PATTERNS 
FOR KINNAURI DESIGNS OR ANY DESIGNS YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH EACH AND EVERY THREAD. WE PICK THREADS BY HAND AND INTERLACE THE DESIGN THREAD. 
WE CAN MAKE THIS, 
THIS 
OR THIS.. 
WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
IT IS FACINATING TO KNOW THAT THIS WEAVING HAS CREATED…. 
THIS….THE CHARKHA GROUP 
THIS IS THE CHARKHA GROUP, A GROUP OF WOMEN ENTERPRENEURS IN KINNAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH. THIS BEAUTIFUL GROUP IS ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS EVERY DAY TO STEP INTO THE WORLD AND BECOME A BUSINESS PERSON. TO KNOW MORE, VISIT US IN SHOLTU, KINNAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH. CHARKHA SWAYAM SAHAYTA SAMUH WELCOMES YOU.
HERE I PRESENT THE ‘STORY OF HANDLOOM STUFF’. SINCE THE LAST 2 YEARS, THIS IS THE PROCESS AROUND WHICH MY LIFE AND WORK ARE REVOLVING. HANDMADE HAS BECOME A VERY POPULAR WORD AND WE KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK TO MAKE SOMETHING ‘HANDMADE’, BUT HOW MUCH WE NEVER PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO IT.. THIS ‘A LOT’ SHOULD BE KNOWN…LETS EXPLORE..
THIS IS THE HARD WORK OF KINNAURI HANDLOOM HERITAGE, KINNAURI WOMEN AND KINNAURI CULTURE. I INVITE YOU IN THIS JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION.