A Return to Making
January 2026
We're back.
When the pandemic forced us to close in 2020, the uncertainties felt overwhelming—supply chains fractured, artisan communities isolated, international connections severed. The work we'd spent years building suddenly existed only in memory and hope.
But craft traditions don't pause easily. While we were closed, Jentilal Vankar continued weaving in Kachchh. The Rabari shepherds still moved with their flocks. The knowledge held in their hands—centuries of textile wisdom—couldn't be locked down, even when economies were.
We stayed connected as we could through chats and video calls about families, health, and whether the looms would wait. The answer, always: the looms would wait. They'd been waiting through harder things than this.
What the Pause Taught Us
Fair compensation continued for artisan partners who'd planned their livelihoods around our orders. Sample development continued—slowly, with complications, but continuously.
Among the many lifechanging developments during covid was the demise of Khaloom, a social enterprise we were proud to partner with. The Reverie collection is a tribute to their passionate team and their dedication to circular textiles.
As many partners and friends started on different paths, they shared words of wisdom and inspiration. "Sometimes," said one cashmere artisan during a call, "slowing down lets you remember why speed was never the goal."
What's the Same
The principles remain unchanged:
- 100% natural fibers—cotton and wool, indigenous or recycled
- Artisanal knowledge and practice
- Natural plant-based or environmentally-safe dyes
- Traceable to specific artisans and villages
- Fair compensation that makes craft economically viable
- Textiles designed to last lifetimes
Every piece can still be traced to the hands that made it and the regions that shaped the craft.
What's Different
We're more focused now. Smaller collections, deeper partnerships. We understand even more clearly that this work isn't optional—preserving craft knowledge through conscious commerce feels more urgent now, not less.
The Reverie collection has returned, refined through months of dialogue between design and making. Recycled cotton from Bannerghatta. Handspun wool throws from Kachchh. Hand-combed fine wool from Kashmir. Each piece carries the patience that perfected it during the pause.
Our Fibre Terroir blog (previously, Trace Back) continues as well, tracing textiles to their origins and chronicling what we learned while the world slowed down.
Thank You
If you supported us before, thank you for waiting. Your past orders quite literally kept artisan families fed during lockdowns. That mattered more than you might realize.
If you're discovering us now, welcome. What you'll find are textiles made slowly, thoughtfully, by hands that hold knowledge machines can't replicate—not because we're romantic about the past, but because some techniques produce results worth the time they take.
The looms are running again. The dye pots are simmering. Premiben's spindle briefly paused, but hasn't stopped. And we're here—continuing the work, telling the stories, preserving the traditions one textile at a time.
There's work to be done. We're grateful to be doing it again.