Hunarmand

Winter · Half-Day Workshop

A Day on the Pashmina Loom

with Bashir Ahmad Bhat, pashmina weaving master from Kanihama, Budgam

A morning at the yinder spinning a few metres of pashm; an afternoon at the loom while the master weaves a row of your shawl with the yarn you spun. The whole craft, from fleece to fabric, in a single day at the family hall in Kanihama.

Duration
5 hours
Capacity
Up to 4 guests
From
Rs. 8,500 / person
Next date
21 Dec 2026
Languages
Koshur · Urdu · English
Venue
The Bhat Loom Hall · Kanihama, Budgam — 35 minutes from Srinagar

What you will actually learn

The technique, in his own words.

  • How to read pashm fibre length by sight, not by gauge
  • Hand-feel warp tension — the technique only Bashir holds
  • Why pashm is spun left-handed and what that does to the shawl
  • Recognising a real Kanihama weave by the back of the cloth

What you will take home

Something held by the hands, not just the inbox.

  • A small hank of pashm yarn you spun, sealed in cloth
  • A signed swatch of the shawl Bashir wove using your yarn
  • A printed page from his Vault — the warp-tension entry, in Koshur and English

Session structure

How the 5 hours unfolds.

09:30
10:00
11:30
12:00
13:30
14:30
  • 09:3010:00Tea, introductions, the loom hall
  • 10:0011:30Yinder · your hands learn to spin pashm
  • 11:3012:00Kahwa break
  • 12:0013:30At the loom · master weaves a row of your shawl
  • 13:3014:30Lunch with the family
  • 14:3015:00Reflection · what your yarn told the loom

Pricing tiers

Five ways to spend the day.

Every tier is set by Mohammad Yusuf and Hunarmand together — never by an algorithm. The Recommended tier is what most participants choose.

  • Witness

    Rs. 3,500/ person

    Sit with the loom, spin a hank, no shawl row.

    • 5 hours observer + spin
    • Lunch
    • Hank of yarn
  • Classic Loom Day

    Rs. 8,500/ person

    Spin and weave one row in the master's shawl.

    • Full 5-hour session
    • Spin + weave one row
    • Signed swatch
    • Lunch

    Recommended

  • Private Loom

    Rs. 22,000/ person

    The hall to yourself.

    • Classic, alone with the master
  • Two at the Loom

    Rs. 14,000/ person

    Two participants, one shawl, two rows.

    • Classic for two
    • Two signed swatches
  • Loom Day + Talim

    Rs. 12,000/ person

    Add a Kani Talim Reading after lunch.

    • Classic + 90-min Talim Reading
    • A photographed talim sheet to take home

"If your hands are cold from the drive, we'll warm them at the brazier first. — Bashir"

Bashir

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