Tools and Raw Materials

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Design Resource

The Craft of Salem Saree Making

Prof. Bibhudutta Baral,J. Antony William, Susanth CS, andAmruthalakshmi Rajagopalan

The tools and raw materials that are used for silk saree weaving are:

• Pattu/ pasathu: Silk yarn

• Paav/ Thani: warp

• Adai: Weft

• Kanji: Rice starch

• Kondhupassai: Gum arabic

• Padamaram: Cloth beam

• Thiravattam: It is used for winding yarn

• Valathadi: It is used to hold the opened up hank of yarn for winding

• Taarsuthurairattai/ reto: Bobbin winder

• Naada: Shuttle for passing the weft through the shed

• Taarkuchi/ Rithakando or kando: The plastic weft winding pin to be used inside the shuttle

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