Maker story
A visit to Ponduru.
A week at the loom.
Every season, we travel to Ponduru — a small town in Andhra Pradesh that has been producing some of India's finest handspun khadi for two centuries. This is what we saw, heard, and carried back with us. It begins at five in the morning, with the sound of a charkha.
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Care guide
How to wash khadi.
Slowly, in cold water.
The first wash is the most important. After that, the fabric remembers. A short note on caring for handspun cotton so it lasts for years, not seasons.
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Material notes
What slubs mean.
And why we prefer them.
A slub is the small thickening in a handspun thread where the spinner's hand paused. It is the fingerprint of handmaking. This is why we look for them.
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From the store
Why we chose only two fabrics. And what we said no to.
We were offered viscose, bamboo blends, "organic" polyester, Tencel, modal. We said no to all of it. Here is why, and what it cost us to decide that way.
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Material notes
The honest truth about linen wrinkles.
Linen will wrinkle. On the way home from the dhobi, in the car, when you cross your legs. We have stopped trying to prevent this. Here is what we think about instead.
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