Minakshi Prabhu
Spinning Practitioner • Owner - Tvami •
Minakshi Prabhu was a part of the corporate world and was also a part of the establishing Atyati Technologies that works in financial inclusion. She quit that world and started experimenting in sustainable living after the birth of her children. She currently runs a handicraft store ‘tvami’, which works with artisans and helps them get a justifiable price for their work. Introduced to spinning by K J Satchidananda, she practises the skill and conducts Charakha workshops at her store.
Saturday 11 May
Spin Your Own Yarn: A Two-day Workshop
Interactive session (Open to public)
12 PM - 1 PM
This workshop will have a walk-in session open to the public where they can observe the workshop and interact with the facilitators.
Workshop
Why spin? In this age of fast fashion, we buy a lot of clothes but many of us do not spare a thought on how our clothes are made. Weavers are in economic distress as they earn only paltry sums of money for the labour and effort they put in. Most fabric in the market is made from machine spun yarn with polyester and viscose. When we learn to spin yarn, we are able to touch and feel genuine hand-spun yarn and understand its texture. When we give the spun yarn to weavers, we not only get our own genuine hand-spun fabric, but we also support an entire community of weavers through fair remuneration for the tireless work they put into weaving fabric from our yarn. Spinning yarn can be meditative and theraupatic. We disconnect from the devices around us and connect to something that is physical and tangible. People across ages (8 years upwards) can engage in this activity. Spinning yarn takes us onto a path of slow and sustainable living, and building an equitable eco-system.
Sunday 12 May
Spin Your Own Yarn: A Two-day Workshop
Interactive session (Open to public)
12 PM - 1 PM
This workshop will have a walk-in session open to the public where they can observe the workshop and interact with the facilitators.
Workshop
Why spin? In this age of fast fashion, we buy a lot of clothes but many of us do not spare a thought on how our clothes are made. Weavers are in economic distress as they earn only paltry sums of money for the labour and effort they put in. Most fabric in the market is made from machine spun yarn with polyester and viscose. When we learn to spin yarn, we are able to touch and feel genuine hand-spun yarn and understand its texture. When we give the spun yarn to weavers, we not only get our own genuine hand-spun fabric, but we also support an entire community of weavers through fair remuneration for the tireless work they put into weaving fabric from our yarn. Spinning yarn can be meditative and theraupatic. We disconnect from the devices around us and connect to something that is physical and tangible. People across ages (8 years upwards) can engage in this activity. Spinning yarn takes us onto a path of slow and sustainable living, and building an equitable eco-system.