Cotton Sari - Pochampally
In Pochampally village, the ikat weaving is called as Chit-Ku. Required designs are marked on the prepared warp threads. According to the designs, rubber strips are tied on areas, which should not be dyed, and the exposed threads are dyed with colour. After one round of dyeing, those rubber strips are removed and tied to different areas, which should not be dyed again. This step is repeated until all the colours of the estimated design have been dyed on the thread. The dyeing process for the tie and dye process is done manually as different colours have to be dyed one by one on the yarn. Plain colour dyeing is done in the dyeing machine as only one colour is dyed for all the yarn.
The machine accepts exactly 50kg of yarn to be dyed at once, if less the chemical consumption will be heavy and casting will become more on the yarn. Part of the dyeing machine holds a hook in which sample thread is attached to keep checking the colour or shade of the dye. The sampling thread is checked at regular intervals until the required colour or shades have been obtained. This dyeing machine will run for 24 hours at a time for 50 kg yarn. After dyeing the yarn is dried at room temperature and then sent for the jointing process.
