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Ikat Fabric

Ikat fabric is  an ancient way of creating fabric designs by  resist,  dyeing the threads before the fabric is woven.  In Thailand,  the villagers take the weft  and tie small pieces of plastic on the threads. The bounded tied area of  thread when put in a dye pot, resist the color and create a pattern when the plastic ties are removed. Traditional Thai ikat fabric decorated in lively and attractive motifs, but  modern Thai ikat  in cotton and silk have bright color with  good imported chemicals.

Ikat fabric is different from other fabrics because ikat fabric is woven by hand. Ikat fabrics are usually  34″ to 39″ wide.  Ikat fabric is handwoven, without chemical additives and stresses of the power loom production, are much different look and feel of the machine-made fabrics.

Ikat fabric  is unique resist patterns; it looks the same appearance on both sides of the fabric, there is no wrong or right side of the fabric.

The material of ikat fabric is finely woven and takes its influences from the far east, especially Thailand, Indonesia, India and Japan. Ikat fabric is made of silk, wool or cotton.

Ikat fabric is a precious commodity because it is made of  silk  that to be transported from China, because they are the largest distribution of the silkworm.

Ikat fabric is popular throughout the world now.