What is the Ikat fabric?

Ikat fabric is a type of substance created by a special, complicated process of hand -dying yarn or fibers and then weaving for weaving. Before the fabric is woven, some fibers are tied, in sections and stained. When the fabric is woven using the threads of colored and uncoloured threads, a clear design of colors and patterns is created. The substance is then used in different ways, from clothing to tapestries and for home interiors. Ikat can be made of most materials, including wool, cotton and silk. The shell fibers are tied, then tied to form patterns and stain. Depending on the desired effect, wax or rubber seals can be used to cover the bundle parts to leak and color a certain part of the fiber. These steps must be repeated for each Color wished in the fabric. The whole process is very time consuming and requires an advanced artist's skills.

Similarly, Tue Ikat is the result of dying onlyweft fibers or fibers that run across the fabric. Weft icat tends to result in blurring than Warp Ikat. When both wood and The The Thed are, it results in a textile called double Ikat. Dying the fiber of the warp and the weft usually gives a formula that is less accurate.

Ikat fabric is popular all over the world, but especially prevails in Central America, Asia and South America. Japan, Cambodia, Thailand and Andy People of Central and South America have Ikat patterns that are specific to their regions and heritage. Indian and Indonesian fabrics of Ikat are known for their precise double icat, a technique that is very difficult. The Thai Ikat was traditionally worn for ceremonial and nobility, but since then they have become more common.

In other places, such as North America and Europe, a substance is used in clothing from high -fashioned designers to retailers with mass production. Mass production of Ikat tends to be inspired by prints of Ikat and not a real woven fabric Ikat, forBecause of it is too expensive and time consuming to form in matter. Ikat patterns were particularly trendy in fashion clothing in 60 and at the end of 2000.