Premium Eco-friendly, Hand-woven KHADI Selvedge Denim fabric, woven out of 100% cotton hand-spun yarn. The fabric is offered in a standard width of 40 inches (approx. 1 meter).
This is a completely artisanal fabric, woven by master crafts-persons on traditional wooden frame, hand & foot operated looms, without using electricity, at any stage of the process.
The fabric is hand-dyed with natural / vegetable dyes, extracted from Madder Roots, to a soft pink shade, in a hot dye bath.
It has very high breathability, is friendly for the human skin, and very comfortable for the wearer, in all weathers.
This fabric is also available in the organic cotton variety, on specific requirement.
SKU : MWKD-FBD-1010-SP-MDR
$21.00/m
Availability:On Order
This is a Made To Order fabric. Minimum Order Quantity for this fabric is 100 meters.
Please write to info@handloomdenim.org to know how to order this fabric.
Premium Eco-friendly, Hand-woven KHADI Selvedge Denim fabric, woven out of 100% cotton hand-spun yarn. The fabric is offered in a standard width of 40 inches (approx. 1 meter).
This is a completely artisanal fabric, woven by master crafts-persons on traditional wooden frame, hand & foot operated looms, without using electricity, at any stage of the process.
The fabric is hand-dyed with natural / vegetable dyes, extracted from Madder Roots, to a soft pink shade, in a hot dye bath.
It has very high breathability, is friendly for the human skin, and very comfortable for the wearer, in all weathers.
This fabric is also available in the organic cotton variety, on specific requirement.
Generally, since denim conventionally is a warp-dyed fabric, we dye the warp yarns in desired colors and use weft in udyed 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.
In the case of “fabric dyed” items, the fabric is woven using un-dyed yarn in both warp and weft, to make an off-white / creamish colored cloth. This fabric is then prepared for dyeing.
The dyeing of this fabric is done using colors extracted from various organic waste materials, like marigold petals, eucalyptus leaves, pomegranate rind, onion skins, madder roots, and also the dye extracted from indigo plant.
The dyeing is carried out manually, without using any machinery, and is therefore done in small lots only. In the resulting fabric, the front and back are not very different in color.
Hand Spinning of Organic Cotton Fibers to make Yarn
100% Cotton Hand-spun Hand-woven Denim
The term “khadi” refers to a cloth or fabric which has been hand-woven out of hand-spun yarn made on a “charkha”. Thus, “khadi denim” implies a three up one down (3 x 1) twill weave fabric which has been made using 100% cotton hand-spun yarn.
Authentic khadi denim has a very soft hand-feel, and is highly breathable and comfortable for the wearer. But, it is very difficult to find genuine khadi denim in the market.
The weaving of hand-spun yarns, in itself, is a difficult thing to do. It becomes still more complex when the weave is 3 x 1, and the fabric construction is dense. Therefore, it is usually very difficult to find authentic khadi denim in the market.
In the recent years, many suppliers, brands and even high-end fashion designers have started selling “khadi” and even “khadi denim” which is woven out of charkhas that have been modified, or in which the mill-made roving is used as the input material for making yarn.
So, whenever you come across some fabric being promoted as “khadi denim”, do take a closer look at the yarns. In authentic hand-spun yarns, you can very easily notice variation in thickness of yarn along the length, and the variation is quite random. If the thicker portions are repeating at intervals, in all probability it is not hand-spun yarn, and the fabric is not khadi.
Organic Cotton Khadi Denim
If the cotton used for spinning yarn has been grown organically – without using chemical-based fertilizers and pesticides – the resultant fabric is Organic Cotton Khadi Denim. It is still rarer to find, and is a high premium product.
Organic Dyeing with Madder Roots Dye
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.
