Glossary
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Craft
Block PrintedCraft
There are many types of block printing, often characterised by the area and heritage of the craftsperson.
Some block printing is the kind you might first imagine - a block... Read More
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Craft
Hand CrochetCraft
Crochet in many ways has very simple requirements - just yarn and a hook. Because of this, it is a skill easily picked up but can take hours of dedication... Read More
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Craft
Hand EmbroideredCraft
Hand embroidery is one of our all time favourite design details because it's always beautiful and interesting at every skill level. In fact, we are more interested and inspired by... Read More
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Craft
Hand WovenCraft
We use a lot of hand woven fabrics - always woven specially for us by lovely people who choose weaving as a vocation.
There are many types of handloom - some... Read More
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Dye
Sangapoo DyedDye
Sangapoo is a beautiful little flower with a history of use in food, medicine, and, much more recently, textiles.
We came across it quite a few times as a food colouring before... Read More
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Dye
Kaduka DyedDye
The plant grows wild across India but is found in abundance at the foothills of the Himalayas.
The myrobalan plant is like the swiss army knife of natural dyes.... Read More -
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Karuvelam Pattai DyedDye
The Babul tree, which you may have seen extracts of in food and medicine as ‘gum arabic’, has been the subject of fascination to civilisation for some time. We have... Read More
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Dye
Natural Indigo DyedDye
Indigo is one of the world’s oldest dyes, with evidence of its use stretching back at least 6,000 years ago in South America and through the ages in Mesopotamia, Ancient... Read More
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Dye
Padhimugam DyedDye
Also known as Indian Redwood, this plant is an absolute powerhouse of colour and produces an almost chemical-leak level of bright pinky-violet that we love.
The plant itself is... Read More -
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Palapattai DyedDye
Jackfruit as a dye is a real case of ancient technology research. Although the fruit is still widely eaten - its use as a dye had all but disappeared until... Read More
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Dye
Pomegranate DyedDye
People have worked with pomegranate as a dye for thousands of years, using the fruit to create ceremonial and celebratory fabrics from ancient Mesopotamia to Mughal India. The fruit... Read More
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Dye
Vembadam DyedDye
Finding this dye plant was something of a reminder of nature's sense of humour. We haven't been able to make purple since the start of Story in 2013 because the... Read More
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Dye
Sevilokodi DyedDye
Rubia Cordifolia is a flowering plant in the same family as coffee. The source of the colour is a compound called alizarin, and the plant has been cultivated for dye... Read More
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Material
Recycled CottonMaterial
Our Recycled Cotton is custom-made for us using cotton waste from production. It's really unusual to have 100% recycled cotton, especially in jersey, because it's challenging to turn waste into... Read More -
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Organic CottonMaterial
Organic Cotton is harvested from plants grown and farmed according to a set of rules and standards set by a governing body. In broad strokes, this is a more sustainable... Read More -
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Cotton-LinenMaterial
Our Cotton Linen mix is an old friend of Story mfg. Its 45% Linen, 55% cotton, giving the dry handfeel of linen with all the benefits of cotton. Read More