NC 28711-1484
Providing
Organic Cotton
to
Spinners and Weavers
Since 1995
PROGRAMS and SEMINARS
| Weaver's Choice | Cotton, Charkha, Khadi |
Weaver's Choice: Fiber in the Environmental and Social Landscape
Duration: 2 hours
Synopsis
The seminar will include a slide show and resource notebook. Topics move from raw fiber sources and production to end product and by-product usage.
Fibers discussed will include cotton--the differences between conventional, sustainable, and organic agricultural practices, recycled cotton, naturally colored cotton, and cotton properties. The terms used in marketing organic cotton and its look-alikes will be explained. Recycling of cotton will be discussed with an update on the state of the art.
A discussion of mill by-products and waste products will follow, with slides, samples, and ideas for re-use and recycling.
Cotton, Charkha, Khadi
Duration: 1 hour
Synopsis
A slide show and discussion of the terminology, history, and use of
crepe and collapse fabrics. The possible variations and the results
on the fabric will be discussed. Show and tell will follow.