Warp preparation for the backstrap loom is done by winding the threads around a series of upright bamboo, wooden or plastic poles.
Warp Preparation for Backstrap Loom
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Aikapur Technique: Supplementary Warp
The Bhutanese describe the width of these supplementary warp patterns in “legs” which are counted in the cross-hatched bars that run at right angles across the yellow and red stripes. Continue reading
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Aikapur Technique: Supplementary Weft
In this close-up, you can see how the supplementary weft threads in this type of pattern (on the green ground in this gho) are taken all the way to the rainbow stripes, and the point where they reverse direction is hidden there. Continue reading
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Sapma Technique
Sapma designs look very similar to supplementary weft patterns from non-Bhutanese weaving traditions, except that the Bhutanese technique is not visible on the reverse of the fabric. The other difference is that thread ends are worked as pairs. Continue reading
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Muang Hum: Red Dzao
Many of the Red Dzao women at the Muang Hum market were wearing a full complement of hand-stitched clothing and silver accessories. Continue reading
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Kushutara Technique
Kushutara means brocaded dress, and refers to cloth decorated with the intricate kushu techniques, involving discontinuous supplementary wefts. Continue reading
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Bhutanese Backstrap Loom
The rigid part of a Bhutanese backstrap loom consists of a platform to sit on connected to a vertical frame Continue reading
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Can Cau: Flowery Hmong
The Can Cau market is held every Saturday in a rural setting on a hillside. To my untrained Western eyes, the women all seemed to be wearing identical outfits, and shopping for more of the same. Continue reading
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Muang Hum: White Hmong
Unlike the markets in Can Cau & Bac Ha, where the women could buy the components of their dress ready-made, at Muang Hum only the fabrics, ribbons, braids, threads & beads were being sold, so the women were making their own outfits. Continue reading
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Bac Ha: Flowery Hmong
The town of Bac Ha holds a market every Sunday that attracts large numbers of Flowery Hmong from surrounding villages. Continue reading
