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“Embroidery or the art of needlework resulted from the passion of womenfolk to express their creativity and ornament their apparel and household textiles. Primarily a feminine art, young girls learned the craft from their mothers and older women in the family. Kashmir is known for intricately done embroideries.” a. Name the embroidery style from Kashmir that is practiced by men folk of the region. b. Discuss the technique to do it. c. Name one popular motif seen on embroidered shawls

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a. Kashida 

b. Technique:The base material for Kashida is cotton, wool or silk in a variety of colors like white, blue, yellow, purple, red, green and black. The embroidery threads used to execute Kashida are wool, silk or cotton depending on the product to be embroidered. The main stitches employed for Kashida are darning stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch and chain stitch. 

c. cypress cone



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