Grass dyed organic cotton scarves _ _ sky gradient fair trade

Lao Lao organic cotton _ cotton has been planted for centuries, mostly small family-scale, direct fiber woven into the fabric as do the process at home Richangshenghuo items. In Savannakhet Fu Tai ethnic groups who produce traditional cotton planting native variety of short fiber cotton, hand-woven into cloth and then back to blue dye cloth, made into a loincloth apron and men, but also as a headscarf and household linen. Laos Most families can not afford the expensive fertilizer, only small plots of land to grow cotton. Interspersed with other crops against pests and natural resistance to growing organic cotton. Throughout the growing process is handled manually, and then to the rainy season after harvesting rainwater cleaning. Cotton cultivation requires eight months to produce cotton, then picked by hand, hand-picked cotton seeds, then spun into yarn by hand. Even general chemical agent opposite much cheaper, locally made cloth still adhere to the traditional spirit of dyeing plant in a traditional wooden or bamboo loom woven into the cotton cloth. Fu Tai Group will be made into some unique indigo tie-dye pattern. By a whole series of cloth located Savannakhet weaving workshop, workshop, about 60 women. From the color of the earth Vegetation dye _ a dedicated artistic Natural silk is white or yellow, while the natural cotton white or brown. Cotton and silk dyed Jieke by the vegetation or chemical dyes staining. However, the traditional Lao textiles insisted that only natural material - seeds, leaves, roots of plants, flowers, fruits, bark and insects resin extracted dye staining. Sophisticated dyeing master, must be familiar with how to control agent and has been dyed a certain color. The entire dyeing process must be very refined technique, often go through several dyeing and drying in order to achieve uniformity and depth of color. Entire vegetation dyeing process, excluding the acquisition of plant dyes and dye-time modulation, optical dye line will need at least about 2-2 days work. Thus vegetation dyed products usually the price will be higher than some other chemical dye products. Blue _Kharm 70x190cm Cocoon Wrap Design + trade fair The first World Fair Trade Organization WFTO certified member of Taiwan Origin / manufacturing methods Laos Fair Trade Organization Saoban