Tweeds | Blankets | Long Cloth | Gents Shawls

Women wear the Dohru. It is draped like a sarong with pleats at the back and secured at the shoulders with pins called 'Bumni'. The ground is 2/2 twill woven in natural colours using locally available wool or merino wool while patterned designs are woven on both the borders.

Some dohrus are also used as quilts. They are longer in length and are woven in coarser wool spun into thick cordage. Blankets of Himachal Pradesh are generally made from local wool in checks and stripes. Some blankets are woven on frame loom whereas for local market it is woven on pitloom in two pieces of half width and are later joined from the center with a fine and elaborate stitching.

Technical Specifications

Yarn Used

• Warp- 2/16's to 2/22's twisted.
• Weft- 2/16's to 2/22's twisted, hand-spun.

Size- 1.40 m x 3.6 m, 0.8 m x 2.0 m, 0.9 m x 2.15 m.

Weave- 2/2 twill, plain.

Weight- 650 gm to 800 gm.