Manufacturing Technique

The fineness of muslin cloth used to depend usually on the art of making yarns. The most appropriate time for making yarns was early morning as the air then carried the highest moisture. For making yarns weavers needed 'taku' , a bamboo basket, a shell and a stone cup. They used popcorn,rice or barely for starch. Before making Jamdani designs they used to dye their yarn and starch it. These days weavers buy fine yarn from the market and use chemical dyes. For making jamdani two weavers sit side by side at a loom. Coarse yarns are used for designs to make the motifs used to be made on gray fabric. Later on fabrics of other colours were also used. In the 1960's , Jamdani work on red fabric became very popular.