Fibre arts prioritizes aesthetic value over utility. Well, while it is the essence of fibre arts, we guess anything with aesthetic value will find its utility too!

Anything to do with fibres, yarns & fabric- basketry, crochet, knitting, macramé, felting, spinning, weaving, quilting, lace making, hand embroidery, dyeing, printing- all come under fibre arts as long as the ‘art’ element is the priority. Our focus at the studio is Hand weaving, Hand spinning & Felting. We also carry gorgeous yarns for knitting, crochet, weaving & other fibre arts.

‘Man has been a weaver ever since he has been a man!’ – Mary Atwater

The basics of weaving remains the same since ancient times which is interlacement of warp & weft yarns, though the mechanisms may be very many.

The modern hand looms are designed keeping in mind the functionality and ergonomics and giving great importance to aesthetics as a thing of beauty is a joy forever. The modern hand looms are for everyone to try their hand without learning the skills the hard way. Spend less time preparing to weave and more time on creativity.

The interesting part is you don’t need to know anything about weaving but still can get started with just a little initiation. We have the Rigid heddle looms & Inkle looms for amateurs & hobbyists who want to weave something quick and gift it to their dear ones. We even have a ‘mobile rigid heddle loom’ called Knitters loom which you can fold and carry in a bag! A great companion for travellers.

While the Rigid heddle looms can be used for weaving lovely neck scarves, stoles, table runners, cushion covers or even panels for making your dresses, the Inkle looms are great for making narrow bands like fashion belts, camera straps, dress trims, yoga belts, key chains and even saree borders.

There are multi-shaft table looms for the ones who love patterns & textures in weaving and the mathematically oriented. Saori looms for the zen weavers and seekers. Computerised Hand looms for tech-savvy creators and textile designers.

A hand loom for everyone. Have we missed anyone?!

Hand spinning is magical! It gives you freedom to make endless varieties of yarns & total control on what you do. It is very rhythmic & meditative.

India is the land of charkha. While it is a good thing to learn the traditional way, we guess it is easier and cooler to spin with the modern spinning wheels!

The learning curve is quicker and you can spin many interesting yarns like boucle, coiled yarns, core spun yarns, wrapper yarns and a whole range of art yarns with the modern spinning wheels. You can also upcycle papers, tea bags, plastic bags, old sarees and a whole lot of other things, spin them into art yarns and use for weaving or your art work.

With the aid of drum carder or hand carder or blending board, you are presented with a wide possibility of blending different fibres like wools, silks, cottons, linens and even metallic Angelina fibres and make your own hand spun yarn in gorgeous colours. Experience the pleasure of knitting or crocheting or weaving with your own hand spun yarn.

We carry a range of spinning wheels from Ashford New Zealand. Traditional spinning wheels & the beautiful Elizabeth wheels for the people who love aesthetics of it, the Joy & Kiwi for the travellers and the Country Spinner for the Art yarn aficionados and experimental spinners. We even have a e-Spinner which is forgiving for an absolute beginner and a versatile companion for the advanced spinner. We carry a variety of Drop spindles including the Turkish drop spindle for people who love to spin on the move.

Felting perhaps is the oldest known textile making technique. Animal hairs like wool entangle with each other when you apply appropriate heat, moisture and mechanical action like rubbing thus creating a ‘felted sheet’. Broadly, there are 3 ways of felting.

Wet felting: You can felt the wools with wet felting, a fun process of sprinkling soap & water onto wool and keep rolling & rubbing till it felts. Good exercise for the arms & shoulders too! You can make hand bags, slinger bags, beautiful wall arts and even 3 dimensional felts including lamp shades and the like.

Needle felting: With needle felting, just keep pricking the wool with specially profiled felting needles and shape the wools into anything you like including dolls, flowers, your favourite comic characters and a whole big dinosaur too if you have the time & patience!

Nuno-felting: A relatively new technique developed by fibre artist Polly Stirling in early 1990s, nuno-felting is great for creating light weight felts which can be used even as dresses & stoles. It involves felting the wool fibres onto silk fabrics to make some stunning pieces.