Handwoven by people you can name.
Sarees, shawls and home textiles from weavers in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. Every piece links to the person who made it, and 70% of what you pay goes to them.
The weavers
Each artisan has a page with their story, a short film we made with them, and everything they have for sale right now.
Chanderi Weaving
Kamla Devi
Chanderi, Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. Weaving for 32 years.
Gold-threaded Chanderi, woven on a pit loom her grandmother built.
Kutch Wool Weaving
Ramesh Bunkar
Bhujodi, Kutch, Gujarat. Weaving for 27 years.
Desert wool and kala cotton, dyed with indigo and pomegranate rind.
Pochampally Ikat
Lakshmi Amma
Bhoodan Pochampally, Yadadri, Telangana. Weaving for 40 years.
Tie-and-dye geometry where every thread is coloured before it meets the loom.
Spend ₹1,000 here, and this is where it goes.
- Goes to the artisan
- ₹700
- Packing and shipping
- ₹140
- Training young weavers
- ₹90
- Running this site
- ₹70
Sold through traders, a weaver often keeps less than a fifth of the shop price. So far 120 families across 9 craft clusters sell through Karigar Haat, and 45 young weavers have been paid to train with a master.
Just off the loom
“When the pattern appears on the loom, it feels like the cloth is remembering it.”
Lakshmi Amma, pochampally ikat in Bhoodan Pochampally
Ikat is mathematics done by hand. Before a single thread is woven, Lakshmi Amma marks, ties and dyes each bundle of yarn so the colours land exactly where the design needs them. One saree can take five weeks.
Read Lakshmi's storyBrowse by what you need
From their loom to your home
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We meet the weaver
Our field team visits the cluster, records the artisan's story and films them at the loom.
- 2
They set the price
Artisans price their own work. We add only what it costs to photograph, pack and ship.
- 3
You order here
Your order goes straight to the workshop, and the piece ships with a note from its maker.
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They get paid
70% of the price reaches the artisan within 7 days of delivery, not months later.