Unnatisilks.com Ikkat Printed Sarees Online Ikkat, an only craft showcased on the world stage for its awesome prints and weaves. The most dazzling and enchanting craft, which is raising demand and modernization in weaving, right from accessories to garments is ‘Ikkat’. Even International fashion designers world over have taken the inspiration from Ikkat designs in designing their own works. Ikkat or Ikat, a weave that is often imbued with a kind of magical quality, since the effort and time it takes to produce a textile. An Indonesian or Malay mengikat, Ikkat, means ‘to tie, to bind’, is an age-old method of decorating or patterning a textile. Such a textile is an element of great value. Basically, an Ikkat is a symbol of social status, value, power and prestige while its technique is a magic of rarity, beauty, complexity and delicacy. Originally, Ikkat is a dyeing technique which was largely come out of technologically unsophisticated cultures and is carried out by employing resist dyeing techniques on fibres. The end result is a flawless textile with colourful glitters. Ikkat is everywhere these days – right from the rituals to grand events, accessories to garments, traditional to trendy and as modern as anything ancient can ever claim to be.
The technique which is known today as Ikkat has a royal history when the times that is immemorial. While having origins in South East Asia, Central Asia, South America and West Africa, Ikkat is also observed in Orissa in the ancient 12th century, as per the sources. The major equipment required for Ikkat weave are fabrics, pick, scissors, dye vats, rubber bands and other tying materials that resist dye. Resist dyeing is a dyeing technique wherein bindings or substances resisting dye penetration are applied over the fibres in predetermined patterns and then dyed. Either cotton or silk are used as base fabrics. There are different kinds of varieties from different regions of India. But the Patan region of Gujarat where the weavers are migrated to Orissa, weaves 3 different kinds of stuff in Ikkat. Single Ikkat Combined Ikkat Double Ikkat Single Ikkat is created by interweaving tied and dyed warp with plain weft or resisted weft yarns are inserted in plain weft, where combined Ikkat as the name itself, has both warp yarns where the weft is being used together according to the requirement or different parts of the fabric. Double Ikkat involves resisting on both warp and weft and then interlacing them to form intricate yet well composed patterns. Traditional motifs of flowers, dancing girl, creepers, leafs, parrot, animals, birds, mythological characters and geometrical patterns like diamonds, triangles, circles, squares, lines etc are beautifully printed onto the Ikkat sarees.
South Indian sarees of Ikkat prints are more stylish and comfortable wearers during summers. Ikkat prints are trending and high fashion on a variety of fabrics like pure cotton, pure silk, georgette, crepe and super net, to mention some. Designer Ikkat sarees are perfect wears that are apt for weddings and bridal ceremonies. Undoubtedly, Ikkat will be a magical sensation to the wearers as well as viewers. Unnatisilks, has trendy designs, attractive patterns, in pleasing colours and combinations in its wide collection of Ikkat Printed Sarees, at very reasonable prices. Unnati is one of the largest Indian ethnic online websites with over 300 varieties of traditional sarees and salwar kameez.Dispatch is within 24 hours of order. Free delivery & COD is provided for retail.Worldwide express shipping caters to almost all countries across the world.