Desi Wool Wall Hanging




Desi Wool Wall Hanging
Fiber from my own flock, as well as Valais Blacknose, CMV/Romeldale, and Alpaca needle felted into Desi Wool cloth (imported from Kachchh, India via Handa Textiles).
Copper dowel is 3 feet wide.
More about Desi wool via Handa:
The nomadic pastoral herders of Kachchh, India are known as Maldharis, they have been in co-existence with the native desi sheep for centuries- walking together for months across the country in search of pastoral grazing lands. They provide fleeces for a cooperative of artisans who wash, handspin, dye and weave the yarn in their villages.
This desi wool is handspun - a ‘natural’ (undyed/unbleached) yarn held with a fine warp of the local indigenous ‘kala’ cotton. which gives it a slightly smoother finish than is typical to the rough desi wool.