CHAPTER II · The Korvai Method
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நெசவு  ·  What the loom decides

Two looms, one selvedge

1
The border is woven apart, never blended
Body and border leave separate looms in clashing dyes, then lock at the korvai seam by hand.
2
Purple meets peacock — the contrast is the point
A mulberry body against a teal-blue border: we tune the clash, we do not soften it.
3
Gold zari draws the gopuram, not a flower
Temple-spire steps, mango buttas and peacock-eye motifs carry the pallu — no generic florals.
4
Three weavers per saree, measured in weeks
One drapes the warp, one runs the pallu, one ties the petni join — a single piece takes ten to twenty days.
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