Example sentences for: ikat
How can you use “ikat” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Here you can learn about making ikat (endek in Balinese), using threads that have been tie-dyed in bunches before weaving.
The weavers of Tenganan are well known for making grinsing (or gerinsing) cloth, a double ikat (see page 93) in which both warp and weft threads are tie-dyed in bunches before weaving.
You can find bold, primitive examples of ikat cloth, especially from islands such as Sumba, Flores, and Timor, in good textile shops.
In Bali, only the weavers of Tenganan make grinsing, or double ikat, using pattern-dyed threads for both warp and weft.
Endek or ikat fabrics, using threads dyed in patterns before weaving, come from Gianyar in Bali as well as other Indonesian islands.