Design Resource
Charaka Cotton Weaving
Making Charaka Cotton Products Using Natural Dyes
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Srikanth and Mahesh
Hot Dyeing
Hot dyeing process is done by separate dyeing unit. Pure natural dyes are used to extract dye colors. Materials like pomegranate skin-Daalimbe sippe is used to get yellow color, jack wood, madder root, are some other dye materials used to get shades of yellow and red. Jaggery and iron flakes are mixed and fermented for months to get dark black color. This color is extracted and boiled to get black color. During dyeing process, the extracted color is mixed in boiling water and cotton is dipped. The cotton is continuously dipped in color solution for better color application. Colored cotton yarn is dried and sent to the weaving process.
Indigo, Haldekai, Spatika, Rangamale, Manjista kaddi are the other natural dyes processed and used in dyeing process.
