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Ikat

Weaving

Ikat

Ikat is a derivative of the Malay work mengikat, meaning to tie or to bind. This technique entails the binding, resisting and dyeing of the warps or/and wefts of yarn before weaving. Bundles of threads are meticulously arranged to a prepared design and bound with impermeable yarn or rubber bands so that as the yarn is dyed with a range of colours, the areas protected from each dye are resisted in succession. Within India the textiles produced by this yarn resist work are called tie and dye, bandha, patola, chitka and telia rumal.