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Arts and Crafts

Carpet

A Carpet is a life long investment-it may well be the single most expensive purchase during your trip to Kashmir. Kashmiri carpets are world renowned for two things- they are hand made and they are always knotted, never tufted.
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Namdas/Gabbehs

Namdas/ Gabbehs are a kind of mattress, originally from the valley of Kashmir. These are made by felting the wool rather than weaving it...
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Papier Mache

At first glance, all Papier Mache` objects look roughly the same, and the price differential seems almost unreasonable. However, besides at least three different grades of Papier` Mache`, some is actually cardboard or wood! ...
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Wood Carving

Wood Carving industry has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years in J&K. In fact, wood carving industry of J&K is the most famous in entire country....
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Crewel work Fabrics

Crewel work is a special kind of embroidery done with a pointed hook on thick Cotton 'Dosooti' fabric hand-woven in Kashmir....
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Woolen Shawls

There are two fibers from which Kashmiri shawls are made – wool and pashmina. Wool woven in Kashmir is known as "raffel" and is 100% pure wool. Many kinds of embroidery are worked on these shawls...
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