Awards
Ilkal weavers collective recognised at the state handloom awards
The 240-member women-led collective received a state award for reviving the traditional Ilkal kasuti border. Weavers are now paid a fixed rate per sari rather than a…
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Ilkal Weavers Collective
Handloom saris, sold without middlemen
A women-led collective of 240 handloom weavers selling Ilkal saris directly to retailers and online buyers.
- Industry
- Handicrafts and Artisan
- Established
- 2015
- Based in
- Ballari, Karnataka
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Founders and leadership
Sharada Hiremath
Secretary
Secretary, Ilkal Weavers Collective.
Latest from Ilkal Weavers Collective
Volunteering
Retired weavers begin teaching kasuti to a new group of trainees
Eleven retired weavers have started teaching the kasuti embroidery border to twenty-two trainees, most of them women under thirty. Sessions run three afternoons a we…
Exports
Weavers collective ships its first order to a Singapore retailer
A first export consignment of 260 saris has gone to a retailer in Singapore, after a buyer found the collective through its own online listing. The order was priced …
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