If you’re in Karachi and you’d rather reconnect with the intimate charm of an old world instead of giving in to the hustle bustle of the metropolis, then a visit to the Mohatta Palace is essential.

What is it?The making of fabric for wall hangings, rugs, throws, clothing or anything else by using a loom, on which you pass the weft (the horizontal yarn in a fabric) over and under the warp yarn ...

A 50-square-meter patch of field and 100 cotton trees. That's all that Jin Shirai needs to make his living. Shirai is a weaver, though the term only represents part of what he actually does. As a ...

The seemingly humble flying-shuttle loom, originally built to make the weaving of wide cloth faster and easier, stood at the threshold between the largely handcrafted world of the past and the ...

Patience, as the old saw goes, is a virtue – it’s just not one of ours. In our Christmas Day column we mentioned that we were so taken with weaving on the featured children’s loom that we ordered an ...

Materials: Scissors; 3 to 5 colors of yarn; darning/tapestry needle; shed Stick (or a paint-stirring stick); dowel rod cut to 12 inches or shorter; 1-inch nails, hammer, and a pencil; wood board cut ...