We were also told that there are 3 types of wool: Australian is most preferred though it is expensive. Here two spinners from different countries share a moment. The women will use a drop spindle to spin yak fibre. I must admit that I acquired some lovely plied natural coloured silk- all that was left in a store 750g. Here are spools of coloured silk for use for the supplementary weft pattern threads. Silk is of course the most highly prized yarn and is used for kushü. We saw cotton also being used for weaving though we didn’t actually try to buy some so I have no idea as to ease of access. The colours are brilliant though finding a shop that sells silk is much harder than the telecotton. It will be imported probably from India (most goods seem to come from India) It’s also what I used for my warp when I wove in Khoma. All the “cheaper” fabrics will be woven from this. As the fabric is very tightly woven, the handle is satisfactory. It’s strong and weaves quite well though not of course as well as silk or even cotton. It is most likely according to all the tests I could do 100% synthetic. It is cheap and comes in a huge variety of colours. One of the most popular yarns is “telecotton”. It was first published in my blog in March 2016 Part 3. The survey had a total of 4,000 respondents out of which 2,745 were female and 1,255 male.This is a record the actual specific of weaving and things related from my recent textile tour to Bhutan. The survey also points towards the importance of increasing the value of hand-woven textiles rather than suppressing demand for machine-woven textiles. According to the survey, a way to improve the sector is by producing ‘aspirational products’, which could be compared to high-end brands from foreign countries. In order to increase the demand for back-strap and meche looms, the study recommends a development in the Bhutanese textile industry. Sixty-five percent of the respondents considered the cost of machine-woven gho and kira available in the market to be reasonable 20 percent of the respondents found it cheap, and 15 percent of the respondents said it was expensive. Over 25 percent of the respondents considered gho and kira woven on machine loom to be excellent (5 percent) or above average (20 percent), while 65 percent of the respondents considered same textile available in the market average in quality. About 55 percent of the respondents considered gho and kira woven on meche loom available in the market to be very expensive or expensive while around 40 percent of the respondents considered it reasonable. Similarly, over 50 percent of the respondents considered gho and kira woven on meche loom to be excellent (15 percent) and above average (40 percent) in quality. However, over 75 percent of the respondents considered gho and kira woven on back-strap loom available in the market to be expensive over 20 percent considered reasonable. The study found that 75 percent of the respondents considered gho and kira woven on back-strap loom excellent (35 percent) and above average (40 percent) in terms of quality. The objective of the survey was to study the consumption trends, consumer opinions on quality and cost of textiles woven on back-strap, meche, and machine looms. The study shows that machine-woven gho and kira are about 85 percent likely to be purchased in the future compared to a 70 percent on both back-strap and meche looms. The study also found that the respondents purchased less than five gho and kira pieces 24 months prior to the survey across all three looms. One of the studies was on the purchase and consumption of national textiles. The Royal Textile Academy in Thimphu launched a series of survey reports on the textile industry of Bhutan.
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