A technical article written by Ms. Purvi Mittal, a student of Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), Fursatganj has been published in the monthly newsletter ‘Shuttles & Needles’ of Shuttle and Needles Studio, Chennai.
Ms. Purvi Mittal who is a student of School of Fashion Design (SFD) of 2019 batch, while doing her internship, wrote the article titled ‘When Kasuti meets Leno’.
Briefing about this technical article, Ms. Mittal said “Leno weave is created by twisting two warp yarns together, creating a helix-like structure. The weft yarns are interwoven through the gaps created in the twisted warp yarns. I have seen leno weave structures being used to create interesting borders in fabrics however, I tried creating some shapes and motifs in the body of the fabric that led to planning to weave a stole with a huge motif in the middle. I wanted to keep the motif geometrical to have clear visibility and that gave me the idea to use Kasuti motifs.”
Kasuti is the famous embroidery of Karnataka. Kasuti is the handwork of cotton thread in the Kannada language. Kasuti has not developed into a cottage industry but, is only handicraft and pastime for women. In the olden days, it was a custom that the bride had to possess a black silk sari, called Chandrakali sari with Kasuti work done on it.
The article is available on the link https://mailchi.mp/shuttlesandneedles.com/august-2022-newsletter-6146785?e=313058f3dd
