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BEHIND THE SCENES

The making of the rugs

STEP 1

Dyeing

The dyeing is done by

master colour specialists

who have refined their

skills through generations.

Dyeing is done by

turning the wool through

cauldrons of dye that sit

above a wood fire. In large

batches,that are processed

in a trough with the fibre

hung over thick bamboo

sticks. It is then dried in the

sunshine out in the rural

fields of Bhadohi.

STEP 2

Spinning

Wool and viscose are still

hand spun using wooden

or copper spindles.

STE

Wea

Our rugs are hand-k

flat-woven. Often, w

sharing the worklo

One rug takes ap

30 days to create,

process being

Up to three weavers

the looms, meticulo

single knot at a tim

care and attention t

from a sense of pri

craftsma

48 SLOW WEAVE COLLECTION

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