Dusk Shirt Plum Eri Silk natural dye 10% naturally dyed sheepwool

10% naturally dyed sheepwool

Using fabric scraps from our garment production

These cocoons are the first step in making silk yarn and are coming from our team in Assam

90% yak wool and 10% sheep wool from Ladakh

So comfortable

Dusk Shirt Plum Eri Silk natural dye 10% naturally dyed sheepwoolThis shirt is naturally dyed, hand spun and hand woven by our team in Assam and sewn in our studio in Ladakh. The silk is called eri silk and cultivated by Assamese tribal communities South West of Guwahati. It is a wild silk and the moth leaves a hole in the cocoon as it has to be empty before it can be processed. Therefore it has a structure which is rather similar to linen. No chemicals or pesticides have been used during the process. The shirt is