Charaka sources high-quality cotton yarn directly from selected spinning mills. Yarn is procured in various counts such as 2/40, 2/60, 20s, and 30s, depending on fabric requirements and design specifications. Careful selection ensures strength, consistency, and suitability for handloom weaving and natural dyeing.
Crafted by Hand. Rooted in Process.
From responsibly sourced yarn to finished products, every stage of Charaka’s production reflects care, skill and tradition.
Production process
Charaka’s production process is a seamless journey that brings together natural materials, skilled artisans, and time-honoured techniques. Each stage is carefully structured to ensure quality, sustainability, and integrity in every fabric.
Yarn Procurement
Yarn Scouring
Before dyeing, the yarn is carefully scoured to remove natural and external impurities such as dust, oils, and waxes. This process enhances the yarn’s cleanliness and absorbency, allowing natural dyes to be taken up evenly. Scouring is an essential preparatory step that ensures consistent colour and quality in the final fabric.
Natural Dyeing
Dyeing is done for the yarn and also for the fabric, it depends on the requirements.
Natural Dyeing is the process of using natural dyes that are extracted from natural sources, such as plants and minerals. You can extract beautiful colors from fruits and vegetables. Every step of the process is very important and must be done in the right order.
Charaka has successfully worked to revive traditional natural dyeing techniques. The dye ingredients are plant-based, and include materials such as arecanut liquid, pomegranate peel, madder root, eucalyptus leaf and indigo.
Bobbin winding
In the process yarn in the hank form is wound on bobbins. This is the first step in transforming the yarn from the hank form to a linear form. Dyed hank yarn is wound on bobbins with the help of Charkhas. This process enables the laying out of yarn lengths for weaving. Bobbin winding is done by women in the weaver households.
Warping
The parallel winding of warp ends from many winding cones onto a common Warp Beam is called warping.
The warp is a set of threads attached to the loom lengthwise before weaving begins. Warping is the process of creating the base yarn that runs along the length of fabric through which the “weft” yarns are filled in to make the fabric.
Weaving
Weaving is a method of textile production, in which human resources (mostly women) thoroughly do the weaving. The weaving is performed using a LOOM. These are the wooden machines assembled in a specific order to interlace two sets of yarns.
Shrinkage and Ironing
Shrinkage is described as the reduction in length and width of the cloth when washed. Therefore all fabric should be subjected to shrinking before cutting and sewing. Shrinkage can be carried out in different methods. They also vary from fabric to fabric. Ironing is done after the shrinkage so that it is easy for the garment cutting process.
Cutting and Tailoring
Ready fabric is used to start this process of cutting. Cutting for various readymade garments is done. Once the cutting is done, it moves to the Tailoring department for stitching of the garments. Garments stitched are quality checked, Ironed and ready for dispatch
Quality
With the quality inspection at diffrent levels, our production follows strict inspection process. Inspection, in reference to quality management can be defined as the visual examination partially finished components of the garments and completely finished garments in relation to specifications, or requirements, as well as measuring the garments to check if they meet the required measurements. The term “requirements” sometimes is used broadly to include standards of good workmanship.
A Thoughtful Journey from Yarn to Fabric
By honouring traditional knowledge and maintaining meticulous processes, Charaka ensures that every textile carries the story of responsible making, skilled hands, and enduring craft.