Makers
We work with weavers directly, not through a master weaver or a wholesaler. That is the only reason we can tell you who made your cloth, and what they were paid for it.
Where your ₹4,850 goes
These are the real shares for one throw. We publish the same split for every piece on its product page when the store goes live. The numbers move a little piece to piece. The order does not: the weaver is always the largest share.
How we work with weavers
The terms are printed in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Gujarati and signed at the start of each order.
The rate per piece is agreed before the warp goes on. We do not negotiate it down after the cloth is made.
50% by bank transfer when the yarn arrives. The balance within seven days of the piece reaching Jayanagar.
If a piece has a weaving fault, the weaver is still paid. We sell it as a marked second, and say why.
The clusters
Every one of the five clusters holds a GI registration for its weave, so the name can only be used for cloth made there.
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, Telangana
Double and single ikat in cotton and silk. The village of Bhoodan Pochampally gave the weave its name; most of our weavers live in Koyalagudem and Puttapaka nearby.
Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Silk warp and fine cotton weft, woven so tight it looks like glass held to light. The small gold buttis are placed by hand with a separate needle for each one.
Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu
Heavy mulberry silk with a korvai border, interlocked by hand with the body on every pick. A saree takes two people two to three weeks.
Bhagalpur district, Bihar
Tussar, a wild silk from forest cocoons, reeled by hand in Nathnagar and Champanagar. Uneven by nature, and warm gold without any dye.
Bhujodi, Kutch district, Gujarat
Vankar families weaving kala cotton, a rain-fed native cotton, and hand-spun desi wool. Motifs are lifted by hand in extra weft, one thread at a time.
Weavers
Photographed at home, with their permission, and paid for the day. Each profile lists what they weave for us.
Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh
Third generation at the loom. Weaves our stoles and has taught two cousins the zari needle.
Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Runs a two-loom household with her son. Every korvai saree we sell comes off her looms.
Nathnagar, Bhagalpur, Bihar
Reels and weaves tussar. Leads the women’s group that now handles all of our Bhagalpur orders.
Bhujodi, Kutch, Gujarat
Weaves our kala-cotton bedcovers. Can lift a motif from memory after seeing it once.
Visit a cluster
Three days, with the weavers’ families as hosts and paid as guides. Next trip: Pochampally, 16 to 18 January 2027, from Hyderabad. Eight places, ₹24,500 per person including stay and meals.