Design Resource
Wool Weaving - Almora
Wool Weaving of Khadigram NGO
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Introduction
Khadigram in Almora is a Non-Government Organizations (NGO) which Provides opportunity to many wool-weaving artisans to come up with new innovative products made of wool. The weavers of Khadigram produce many varieties of wool using different weaving techniques such as weaving on loom, knitting, felting and braiding. In Uttarakhand, production of wool products starts especially in winter. Artisans extract wool from sheep in winter and start production process such as cleaning, carding, dyeing, twisting, weaving and stitching. The traditional wool manufacturing process is still in practice. However, now a-days, NGO and many self-help groups are giving many ideas and training to introduce new changes in the process of wool products. Wool is procured and cleaned manually in traditional method. The cleaned wool is spun onto spools to make threads and colored as per the requirement. Colored wool is again twisted to make spools and spindles for further weaving. Weaving is practiced in traditional looms. The woven wool cloth is sent to tailoring department to create products like sweaters, winter coats, blazer, blankets and praying mats.
