Cloth woven a single shuttle at a time and coloured with plants rather than pigment. This is the heart of Made with Jai — naturally-dyed, handwoven Thai textiles: living indigo (kram) vats fed for decades, and mudmee ikat threads tied and dyed before a single line is set on the loom. Each length carries the hand of the maker who wove it, so no two are ever quite the same.
Honest notes on natural dye, handwork and care — from people who know each maker.
Hand-wash cool with a mild, pH-neutral soap, never bleach, and dry in the shade. Wash indigo pieces separately for the first few washes — natural kram can crock a little when brand new. Over years it softens and mellows rather than fading flat, and that quiet patina is part of the cloth's character.
Kram is the Thai indigo plant. The blues here come from fermented kram vats, dyed in repeated hand-immersions rather than synthetic dye — a deeper tone simply means more dips in the vat. Every piece is dyed the old way, by makers who read the vat by its smell and the colour of its foam.
Most pieces are woven or dyed once you reserve them, by a single artisan working at the pace the loom and the vat allow. Expect roughly three to four weeks before a piece ships. That wait is the difference between genuine handwoven cloth and something run off a machine.
Made to order, ships in three to four weeks. Behind that simple line is the rhythm of real handwork — dye that must ferment, thread that must be tied, and hands that can only move so fast.
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