Three reasons to make Maiwa your Local Yarn Shop.LouetWe have just brought in some European linen from Louet. Featured here are two of the Euroflax samples: a 100% linen bulky/chunky weight and a 100% wet spun linen in #2/Sport weight. Also shown is a KidLin, this is a...

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Assam: Land of the Golden Silk - Part 5(Our 2008 visit to Assam in search of three types of silk.)At the close of our first day in Assam we are very very tired. The combination of jet lag, tropical weather, the excitement and newness of everything has worn...

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Assam: Land of the Golden Silk - Part 4(Our 2008 visit to Assam in search of three types of silk.)When we were getting ready to visit Assam we pulled out our boxes of slides and photographs and reviewed what we learned in Orissa ten years ago. We found...

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Our latest video podcast just went up.Part 1 - Introduction and PresentationMichel GarciaMichel Garcia is a practicing chemist and botanist specializing in natural dyes and dye plants. He is the founder of Couleur Garance, and the Botanical Garden of Dye Plants, set in the Château de Lauris, terraced...

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We have made a display of all our coats at Maiwa East. Thats ... Bhunai Coat Thappa Coat Neem Coat Supari Coat Tabla Coat Mangira Coat Akbar Coat Amla Coat Jaipur Coat Jacaranda Coat Tamarind Coat Sahara Coat Roma Coat Chandan Coat Bedu Coat Jasmine Coat Assam Coat...

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We came across Wormspit when we were doing silk research for our 2008 trip to Assam. If you have any interest in silk you need to know about Michael Cook, his blog (which goes back to 2003) and his site, Wormspit (www.wormspit.com). It is detailed, informed, supported by...

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It is early January 2010 and our jeep has just rolled into the Jawaja Village. The last time we saw the weavers and leatherworkers was in October; when they were on the screen in front of a live audience at the Maiwa Textile Symposium. For that event, representative...

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2010 has come in like a lion with a number of key events we'd like to share.Our very own Hilary Young, together with Patricia Chauncey has a new exhibit. DOUBLE VISION — MORPHOS INQUIRY will run at the Numen Gallery until February 14th, 2010. Meet the artists at...

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Assam: Land of the Golden Silk - Part 3(Our 2008 visit to Assam in search of three types of silk.)We are strangers in Assam. So our first official obligation once we have driven off with Chandan (our contact) is to visit the local constabulary. The ritual of the...

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