Three-Shuttle Loom

A loom that uses three shuttles to create saris with a dense weave and solid colours. It utilises two shuttles for the weft of the side borders, in the same colour as the border warp, and one shuttle for the field of the same colour. The border shuttles are passed through the warp and interlocked with the weft of the central field. A highly labour-intensive process, creating a sari on this loom requires two skilled weavers working simultaneously over several days. Notable Indian textiles that utilise this technique are the Kotpad sari of Odisha, the Gadwal sari of Telangana and the Kanjivaram sari of Tamil Nadu.