What Gives Mysore Silk its Uniqueness

Mysore silk is synonymous with the silk produced in the geographical area of Mysore district, thus fabrics made out of these silks are called Mysore silk.

More specifically, it is 100% pure silk woven in Crepe-de-Chine or Georgette. In Crepe-de-Chine the 26/28 Denier untwisted raw silk yarn is used in the warp and 26/28 Denier 2 ply twisted yarn is used in the weft. In Georgette, 26/28 Denier 2 ply twisted yarn is used both in warp and weft.

Here in Both Georgette and Crepe-de-chine, twist plays a very important role. The twist per inch varies from 400 TPM to 3000 TPM depending upon the end use of yarn. After twisting, twist setting is done by keeping the twisted yarn in a vacuum chamber and then letting the steam for 15-45 minutes depending upon the twist inserted.

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What Gives Chanderi Fabric its uniqueness

The Chanderi Fabric is well-known for its transparency and sheer texture. 

The image above is via Chanderi Film

The transparency in Chanderi Sarees is a consequences of Single Filature quality of yarn used. Filature yarn is the quality of yarn when the glue of the raw yarn is not removed. The non degumming of the raw yarn given shine and transparency to the chanderi sarees. 

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How to Identify Kota Doria

Kota Doria is a unique hand-woven fabric having a characteristic square-check pattern. The deft weavers of the cluster create it through differential beating of the silk and cotton yarns. Each square of 14 yarns (8 of cotton and 6 of silk) is termed as a ‘‘khat’’, and this is the hallmark of Kota Doria. A total of 300 ‘‘khat’s’ are there across the width of the fabric, which is up to 46 inches due to the usage of a throw shuttle technique on pit looms.

Tolerance Limit for Yarn Count in Khadi

There will be obviously a variation in the nominal yarn count. For this purpose the tolerance limit for variation will be as follows:

Coarse count (Up to 16 Ne) ± 10 %

Remaining count groups including Muslin ± 5 %

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