Organic Cotton Khadi, An Even Better Alternative

 Organic Khadi is a chemical free fabric with no harmful pesticides present in the fibre. Thus making it absolutely safe for human skin and the environment

Organic cotton has a much smaller carbon emission than regular cotton. Adding to this, in the Khadi process where everything is manually done, the carbon footprint is further reduced.

Organic Cotton has very minimal water and energy take. Growing organic cotton can decrease 62% of energy consumption compared to conventional methods. The process of hand-spinning and handweaving too consume no energy in the form of fossil fuel or electricity.

Both the organic farming and Khadi process requires manual labour thus providing more employment opportunities.

It requires 10,000 litres of water to process just one single kilo of conventional cotton.

The GOTS certified organic cotton sliver we source, go through the following processes:

1) Roving and Spinning- The slivers are given a twist to produce a long narrow bundle of cotton in a process called Roving, which finally go for handspinning on the charkha. This is where Organic Khadi differs from a mill-produced organic cotton fabric.

2) Weaving- Handspun yarn composed of certified organic cotton goes through pre-loom process where the warp and weft yarn is prepared for weaving. On the handloom, the yarns, in the form of warp and weft are woven by the artisan to ultimately produce the Khadi organic textile.