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Design Resource
Khadi Weaving - Belgaum, Karnataka
Hand Woven Cotton Fabric
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Tools and Raw Materials
The main raw materials used for making the khadi products are noolu (local language), which means cotton. A cotton unit is set up in Chitradurga where the cotton threads are purchased and used for weaving. the cotton used for the production are 100% pure. The rocket or flying shuttle is called as Lali (local language), the different varieties of dye colors are used for the process such as red color, nitrate, caustic and sulphate.
Below listed are the tools and raw materials used for the production of Khadi products:-
| • Kai-Magga (Handloom) | - Used to weave the cloth. |
| • Kandik (Bullet) | - Used to spin the yarn. |
| • Warp Beam | - Use to wound the warped yarn on the beam, which is attached to the loom. |
| • Noolu (yarn) | - Are the foremost raw material used for making khadi products |
| • Creel machine | - Are used for warping the threads. |
