Some background info: handwoven ikats from Central Asia are usually narrow. This width is limited by the width of hand looms. The narrowness of the fabric represents an inconvenience. It is also frustrating to buy several meters of fabric to find out later that the available meters will not allow you to match the ikat pattern.
We felt your pain, the creative crowd, and we are introducing wider ikats which are in essense are narrow ikats skillfully put together matching ikat patterns. We also strenthened a seam connecting two widths of fabric.
This fabric is a hand dyed and hand woven ikat adras (cotton/silk blend fabric). Ikat is a technique of weaving that requires a great amount of precision of tying and dyeing silk yarn in order to achieve a desired pattern.
Width of the fabric is 25.5“ (65 cm)
Please note that by clicking “Add to Cart“ button, you are adding 1 meter of the fabric to your shopping cart. If you want to buy more than 1 meter please change the quantity in the review of the shopping cart. The “Quantity “ pull down botton will show the total number of meters available for sale.
Conversion: 1 meter = 1.09 yard
