Allo Nettle Shawl, Undyed

Allo is the least mechanised textile we carry. The nettle is cut in the eastern hills, the bark stripped, boiled in wood ash to break down the gum, beaten, and then spun by hand on a drop spindle — a process nobody has managed to industrialise.

Woven on a backstrap loom, which means the width is limited by the weaver's arm span and the tension is held by their body. The selvedge is not perfectly straight and could not be.

Undyed, so the colour is the fibre's own pale grey-fawn. It starts stiff, like new linen, and softens with every wash until it drapes.

Hand-spun, backstrap-loom woven — Sankhuwasabha, Koshi Province.

Sourced from Eastern hills weaving groups.

Hemp & Allo Textiles — Sankhuwasabha. See the rest of this category.

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Hand-wash cool. It softens with use; do not try to shortcut that with fabric conditioner, which coats the fibre.

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