Design Resource
Silk Saree Weaving
The Craft of Salem Saree Making
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Tools and Raw Materials
The tools and raw materials that are used for silk saree weaving are:
• Pattu/ pasathu: Silk yarn
• Paav/ Thani: warp
• Adai: Weft
• Kanji: Rice starch
• Kondhupassai: Gum arabic
• Padamaram: Cloth beam
• Thiravattam: It is used for winding yarn
• Valathadi: It is used to hold the opened up hank of yarn for winding
• Taarsuthurairattai/ reto: Bobbin winder
• Naada: Shuttle for passing the weft through the shed
• Taarkuchi/ Rithakando or kando: The plastic weft winding pin to be used inside the shuttle
