Description

SOK RUST KANI

Weavers and Artisans of tremendous skill and patience create these Marvelous Master pieces which are loom woven and called “Kani Shawls.” The Kani Shawl refers to a particular type of shawl that is woven using numerous eyeless wooden spokes in the place of a shuttle. These spokes are traditionally called

Weavers and Artisans of tremendous skill and patience create these Marvelous Master pieces which are loom woven and called “Kani Shawls.” The Kani Shawl refers to a particular type of shawl that is woven using numerous eyeless wooden spokes in the place of a shuttle. These spokes are traditionally called Tuji’s’ or ‘Kanis’, meaning eyeless in Kashmiri language.

Weaving of a Kani shawl is meticulously regulated by a coded pattern, known as the Talim drawn by the Naqash for guidance of the weaver. The Kani Shawl being oblong in shape generally remains in 100 cms x 200 cms in size. Two craftsmen can complete a shawl within 2 to3 years and in some cases the period of weaving even stretches to 5 long years, depending entirely on designs. The most skilled weavers can only weave upto an inch of a Kani shawl in a day.