The roots of madder plant (Rubia Tinctorum) are an excellent source of dye, and have been used for dyeing textiles for thousands of years. The primary component in this dye is alizarin, an anthraquinone pigment.

The madder root dye gives a wide range of pleasant and vibrant colors – reds, pinks, browns, and yellows.

Dyeing with madder root extract is done in a heated dye bath.

This is another example of our commitment to use organic materials to create high value eco-friendly products, while at the same time generating more jobs and employment for local artisans by engaging them for extraction of organic eco-friendly dye material and for completely manual process of dyeing yarn and fabric.

A fabric that is made from yarns dyed before weaving is referred to as “yarn dyed” fabric.

Generally, since denim conventionally is a warp-dyed fabric, we dye the warp yarns in desired colors and use weft in un-dyed state for making handloom / khadi selvedge denim fabric. As a result of this, the face of the fabric appears to be colored, and the back appears to be white or less colored than the front. At times, the weft used is also in dyed form, in the same color as warp to give a more solid color to the fabric, or in a different color to create a specialty fabric with a mixed color tone.

The dyeing of yarn is done using colors extracted from various organic waste materials, like marigold flower petals, eucalyptus leaves, pomegranate rind, onion skins, madder roots, and also the dye extracted from indigo plant. We also use azo-free reactive dyes for dyeing the yarn in some of our varieties.

The dyeing of yarn with natural / organic dyes is carried out manually, by hand, in the form of hanks, without using any machinery, and is therefore done in small lots only.

When the yarns used for weaving the fabric are used in raw or natural color color of cotton, and the dyeing is done after weaving, it is referred to as “piece dyed” fabric.