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Makhan Prasad of Himalayan Weavers Dyeing wool with natural dyes for making woolen shawls, woolen stole and woolen scarf

How to build a business in the Himalayas

Source :- Rediff The Alams saw the magical spot while on a drive to the hills.A few years later they set up home and a small hand woven shawl business, hiring local weavers, using local wool and natural colours made of root, stem and flower.Rediff.com‘s Archana Masih met them in

Himalayan Weavers Natural dyes for woolen shawls

How we use natural dyes

One of our interests in setting up Himalayan Weavers was to promote the use of natural dyes on wool. As Pat and I did not have any knowledge of or expertise in dyeing, we learnt the basics from the internet. The first lot we dyed was about 2 kilograms of

Women-Weavers-of-Uttarakhand

Women Weavers of Uttarakhand

Two of the few women weavers we met during a visit to Tons valley to understand traditional shawl weaving techniques in tons valley in Uttarakhand. Unlike other parts of Uttarakhand, tons valley (near famous Har-ki-Dun) has a strong tradition of weaving shawls using traditional looms. This is largely because this

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