Shopping In India : Know your cotton - 7

Guys, after silk sari one can must know about cotton. India has wide range of cotton saris delivered to the world ever. Here is an information about some popular cotton saris specially for you.

Jamdanis are amongst the most exclusive of muslins. These muslins have lyrical names like Shabnam (eveing dew), Malmal Khas (muslin reserved for kings) and Abrawan (flowing water). The base fabric for Jamdanis in unbleached cotton yarn and the design is woven using bleached cotton yarns so that a shadow effect is created.

Venkatagiris are saris of the Jamdani technique with stylized motifs woven in half cotton and half gold threads.

Ikat saris from Karnataka and the Narayanpet textiles from Andhra Pradesh are sought after cotton textiles. Gadwal and Wanaparti produce materials of thick cotton , mostly in checks with a contrasting silk border and pallu worked in gold. Nander is famous for its fine quality cotton saris richly worked in gold thread with silk border.

Bandhani materials are made using resist dyeing techniques popularly known as "Tie and Dye". These patterns are commonly seen on long scarves (chunnis), saris and turbans. The state of Gujarat and the princely land of Rajasthan have long been famous for practising this style.

Kalamkari - The Coromandel Coast of India has been the source of some of the most beautiful floral-designed cotton fabrics using brushes or pens. This painted cloth of Southeast India had been known as "Pintado" by the Portuguese and "Chints" by the English.

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Orissa's style of ikat has a long tradition dating back to the 12th century. Weavers migrated from the Patan area in Orissa, took the basic techniques which then developed over time to a unique style of flowing designs. The resist tying is done finely on two-thread units giving greater detail and fine curves. These units are tied freehand without marking out the threads beforehand.

Andhra Pradesh has some of the busiest hand weaving villages centered around a co-operative producing thousands of meters of ikat each month. They specialize in wrap ikat particularly suitable for furnishing fabrics made from cotton. Sarees are also produced, with a neverending demand as the average middle class woman owns at least 100 sarees.

Jamdanis or the figured muslins are amongst the most exclusive of Dacca muslins. These muslins had lyrical names like Shabnam (evening dew), Malmal Khas (muslin reserved for kings) and Abrawan (flowing water). The base fabric for Jamdanis is unbleached cotton yarn and the design is woven using bleached cotton yarns so that a light-and-dark effect is created.

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