Khadi

Background:

Khadi, the Indian holy independence fabric is usually hand-spun and woven from cotton. But it can also include silk or wool, all of which are spun into yarn on a spinning wheel called a charkha. The charka also became the symbol on the Indian flag, which is always woven in Khadi.

Khadi is not just a fabric, it is a whole movement started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 as a rural project - mainly for women. The movement boycotted foreign goods and promoted Indian goods, in order to improve India's economy and independence. Gandhi fought for khadi spinning to strengthen the self-employment and self-confidence of the Indian countryside. Instead of exporting the raw material cotton, which was then produced industrially in the UK, the domestic market and the craft was benefited.

The work took place and still takes place for the most part in the homes, under the auspices of a non-profit government organization. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is a statutory organization committed to promoting and developing khadi and village industries.

Fridhem Interior's Khadi:

An authentic fabric that has gain its character and appearance as a result of being hand-spun and hand-woven. As nothing is machine-made in the process of producing the fabric, the weave is not fixed and can be experienced as a bit "skewed". but that is also the charm of Khadi!