Lungi Weaving - Vellore
Following are the tools and raw materials required for Lungi Weaving:
• Warping Beam: Metal or wooden rod like block were the warp yarn is loaded.
• Local Made Spools: Small round tin boxes with yarn spun onto it used in winding the yarn to warping wheel.
• Bundle of Cotton Threads: Essential raw material required for the cloth production.
• Vat Dyes and Naphthol Dyes: The chemical dyes used in dyeing process of the lungi.
• Acetic Aids: The aid used in dyeing process.
• Weighing Machine: The machine used in measuring the quantity of chemical powders.
• Crystal Salt: Salt used in dyeing process of the yarn.
• Mordant: A chemical used in the beginning of the process for weakening the yarn.
• Sodium Hydro Sulphite: A chemical used in acquiring a blue color.
• Rice Starch: Natural starch applied on the yarn for the sizing to give stability.
• Coconut Oil: Oil mixed with rice starch while doing street sizing.
• Brushes Made of Cereal Root Fibre: Brush used for spreading of the starch.
• Flying Shuttle: A weft yarn holder which has a small mechanism that help of weaving.
• Pirn and Bobbins: Small spools spun with yarn for weft (sewing).
• Traditional Handloom: A loom, which works with human’s energy and force.
• White Flour Adhesive Paste: A mix used for pasting the branding stickers on the product.
