Look up: Ikat

1. Ikat
   Yarn which is either tie-dyed or painted before being woven into fabric.
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2. ikat
   Textile produced by resist-printing the warp or weft before weaving. The term is Indonesian, but ikat fabrics are also produced in parts of Africa. ...
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3. ikat
   (from the article `Indonesia`) The art of weaving is highly developed. It includes the famous ikat method, in which the thread is dyed selectively before weaving by binding fibres ... ...the high cost of production led to decreased demand and the decline of this important craft. The technique of paol weaving was also known in ... [2 ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/8
   
   
4. Ikat
   a traditional technique resulting in a streaky effect, created by tying and dyeing lengths of yarn before weaving.
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5. Ikat
   , Indonesia `Ikat`, or `Ikkat`, is a dyeing technique used to pattern textiles that employs a resist dyeing process similar to tie-dye on either the warp or weft fibres. Bindings, which resist dye penetration, are applied to the threads in the desired patterns and the threads are dyed. Alteration of...
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