Thread Work

With a rich and old textile tradition, thread making in Bhutan is an advanced skill. Women made threads from yak hair, sheep wool, cotton and fibres including silk. They used special tools for collecting, cleaning, carding, spinning and creating the yarn. Threads are sometimes spun using a spindle and other times using a spinning wheel depending on the type and quality of thread one needs. Today, with mass import of threads produced in factories, the practicing of thread making is on the decline although clothes from threads made from local raw materials are much coveted.