Mangalagiri Sarees and Fabrics

History

Stages of production

• Raw materials – pure cotton yarn, silver and gold zaris, synthetic and natural dyes and some chemicals.
• Cotton purification – This process involves boiling of hank cotton to remove certain impurities, soaked overnight, rinsed and made suitable for dyeing process.
• Dyeing – it involves bleaching technique for white saris and for colored ones, Vat dyes are used.
• Removal of excess dye – dyed or bleached yarn undergoes soaking in boiling water with some techniques to cut out excess dyeing.
• Drying – after the above process, the yarn is dried and also adds light sensitive colors in shades

• Winding of hank yarn into warp and weft – charka, shift bamboo and bobbin are used to form warp. While, the weft is made with help of a pirn.
• Street sizing – the warp extension, spraying of rice conjee ensures suitable weaving followed by drying.
• Weaving process – it involves Warp and Weft method of weaving and sometimes replaced by Jacquard weaving. Usage of only pitlooms for weaving, designing and cutting per the goods demand undertakes
• Cutting & folding – woven cloth undergoes cutting per the goods demand
• Inspection of sarees – inspection by the master weaver to rectify flaws
• Marketing – the period of 1985 bought revolution with new market for dress materials than the saris

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