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Pikul flower pattern

Pikul flower pattern

" Muang Nakhon Cloth " Pikul flower pattern" is a pattern that mimics nature which is a flower is a Pikul flower.
It is a hand-woven cloth. “Pha Yok Muang Nakhon” is a specific name, referring to the local woven cloth of Nakhon Si Thammarat province that have been woven since ancient times with a raised weave pattern with a special weft ( Supplementary Weft) causing embossing on the fabric The fabric pattern is a single layered cone or a multilayer complex cone and a parallel cone with the edge of the fabric by modifying other patterns to be a cone pattern. The weaving method for Warp thread uses different rhythms up and down according to the desired pattern and use a special weft.

  • Region : 
    Southern
  • Province : 
    Nakhon Si Thammarat
  • Technique : 
    Jok
  • Material : 
    Silk

Characteristic

The special characteristics of the famous Nakhon Si Thammarat cloth comes from the detailed patter,. especially the pattern at the foot. The fabric is not the same as other regions. It looks like a weaver's way of carving a unique pattern with raising the flower on a separate line making it possible to lift any number of lines at a time. The creation of the pattern is therefore particularly beautiful. To be able to weave strange fabrics, a large amount of heddle was needed and in Nakhon Si Thammarat, used to use up to 70 - 80 heddle, special weaving patterns, so there are 3-4 people helpers to lift heddle.
Even the golden robes that weavers call "size 12 horns" that weave a pattern with a flower as big as the palm of the hand and 39 inches wide, it still takes a weaver and 3 assistants to weave it successfully.

Information

กลุ่มทอผ้าบ้านตรอกแค
  1. Mr. Piriyapong Worakitthanakul, Pattern Specialist, Mueang Nakhon