Lotus weaving 2/22/13

i'd not heard about lotus weaving before coming here. The process,like much here, is labor intensive Bits of stem are cut and stretched away and rolled into a continuous filament.


Then the loom is warped with the fibers, often alternating with silk threads from Mandalay. A solid lotus scarf smallish is $60.


This weaver changes the shuttle weft every so often, as well as the pedals controlling the warp. Its like a dance and a meditation all in one.



On the road with Kathryn