Glossary Keyword: Textile

Pirn

Pirn is a small bobbin used in hand loom weaving.

Street Sizing

Before setting the yarn on the loom. The warp are stretched out on two beams and natural adhesives are applied to add strength to the yarn and lubricate it to withstand the rigors of weaving. In most hand loom centers, rice starch/gruel is mixed with coconut/groundnut oil and applied as “size” material. Sizing is carried

Bobbin Winding

In the hand loom weaving process yarn in the hank form is wound on bobbins. This is the first step in transforming the yarn from the hank form to a linear form. Dyed hank yarn is wound on bobbins with the help of Charkhas. This process enables the laying out of yarn lengths for weaving.

Chemical Dyeing

The discovery of the structure of benzene in 1865 in Europe heralded the shift from natural dyes to chemical dyes. Chemical dyes – direct dyes, sulpher dyes, napthol dyes, vat dyes and reactive dyes – that are used today were developed during the period 1878-1956. They offered a wide range of colors with an ease

Warping

To wind or string the warp threads on to a frame or loom by laying out threads of equal length parallel to each other. The Warp is a set of threads attached to the loom lengthwise before hand loom weaving begins. Warping is the process of creating the base yarn that runs along the length

Natural Dye

Dyes extracted from natural materials such as the bark of trees, flowers, leaves and minerals are known as natural dyes. Vegetable dyes are a sub-category of natural dyes, referring to color that come from plant matter only. Mordants, which are usually minerals, are used to fixed dyes on cotton. All natural dyes generally yield lasting