Hunarmand

❄ Winter · Multi-Day Masterclass

Five-Day Pashmina Immersion

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

Five days from raw fleece to a finished pashmina stole. You stay with the Bhat family in Kanihama, eat in the loom hall, walk the same morning route the master walks. By day five, you carry a stole back home that began as fleece on a goat in Changthang.

Duration
5 days
Capacity
Up to 3 guests
From
Rs. 56,000 / person
Next date
04 Feb 2027
Languages
Urdu · English
Venue
The Bhat Loom Hall · Kanihama, Budgam · family stay arranged on site

What you will actually learn

The technique, in his own words.

  • Grading raw pashm fleece by length, lustre, and crimp
  • Spinning pashm on the yinder — left-handed, one-thumb-pressure
  • Hand-feel warp tension — the master's signature technique
  • Weaving a small piece across days, reading the loom's mood
  • Finishing edges — the cut that makes a pashmina last forty years

What you will take home

Something held by the hands, not just the inbox.

  • A finished small pashmina stole, woven by your own hands
  • A jar of the natural dye you mixed
  • A page from Bashir's Vault printed and signed in your name
  • A Hunarmand certificate, sealed and serial-numbered

Session structure

How the 5 days unfolds.

Day 1

8 hrs

09:30
13:00
14:00
  • 09:30–13:00Fleece-grading · learning to read pashm
  • 13:00–14:00Lunch with the family
  • 14:00–17:00Yinder · first hour of spinning

Day 2

7 hrs

09:00
14:00
  • 09:00–13:00Spinning · your full hank
  • 14:00–17:00Dye-bath · pomegranate skin

Day 3

7 hrs

09:00
14:00
  • 09:00–13:00Cutting and tensioning the warp
  • 14:00–17:00First rows of weaving

Day 4

8 hrs

09:00
  • 09:00–17:00Body of the stole · day-long weaving

Day 5

6 hrs

09:00
14:00
  • 09:00–13:00Finishing edges · the cut
  • 14:00–16:00Tying off · master's notes for you

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.

  • Classic Immersion

    Rs. 56,000/ person

    5-day immersion, family stay.

    • 5 days, family stay
    • All meals
    • Finished stole

    Recommended

  • Private Immersion

    Rs. 1,24,000/ person

    Same five days, no other participants.

    • Classic, alone with the master

  • For Two

    Rs. 96,000/ person

    Two participants, side by side.

    • Classic for two
    • Two finished stoles

  • 3-day variant

    Rs. 32,000/ person

    Skip fleece + dye, begin at the warp.

    • 3 days, smaller piece

  • 7-day Extended

    Rs. 84,000/ person

    Add two days for a finished full shawl.

    • 7 days, full shawl

"Pack warm. The loom hall has braziers; the mornings do not. — Bashir"

— Bashir

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