Bamcot, an Onloom Blend of Bamboo and Cotton

Abstract

A strong and firm fabric, Bamcot from the three initial letters in bamboo and cotton was produced on the traditional kentey weaving loom, by interlacing cotton yarns and bamboo slivers. This is an initiative aimed at producing a fabric or an onloom product that can be used as a base material for the production of window blinds and bags. In this process, bambusa vulgaris was harvested, prepared and processed into slivers using local hand tools. Cotton yarns were also laid as warp yarns on the traditional loom and as binding weft yarn carried in the weaving shuttle. The traditional headdling order was adopted for this and traditional methods of preservation of bamboo was used. The two main objectives of producing window blinds and bag was achieved in integration with leatherette.