Before a shawl reaches your wardrobe, it passes through combing camps in Ladakh, spinning rooms in Srinagar, and looms that may run for months on a single Kani. The work is sequential — one master weaver, one piece at a time.
Combing and spinning
Fibre is collected in spring, cleaned, and spun by hand onto traditional wheels. The yarn is so fine that breakage is constant; patience matters more than speed.
Weaving
A plain shawl may finish in weeks. Kani pattern work extends the timeline dramatically. Artisans work in daylight; complex pieces are not rushed to meet arbitrary deadlines.
Embroidery
Sozni adds another layer — sometimes equal to the weaving time. Master embroiderers may produce only inches per day on dense motifs.
Soznique partners with families rather than anonymous factories. Each item in the catalogue corresponds to work already completed — not a promise of future production.