Mona & Louise only uses cloth produced using the traditional “handloom” method. A “handloom” is a loom is used to weave cloth without the use of any electricity. Hand weaving is done on frame looms, interlacing two sets of yarn – the warp (length) and the weft (width) – using only the physical effort of the weaver.
Handloom weaving is an ancient craft that’s as vibrant and alive today as it was thousands of years ago.
Although parts of the process of spinning the dyed cotton onto bobbins is undertaken using machines, even this process can be accomplished by a hand.
All aspects of production at (dying the yarn, winding the warp onto rollers the width of the final cloth, and the weaving itself) are undertaken by hand. It’s a process that requires, enormous effort and application, and the weavers have decades of experience.
