Khadi is a type of fabric generally made from cotton fibers. It is native to India and has the particularity that the entire Khadi manufacturing process — from growing the seed to obtaining finished cloth — takes place in the same town where it is carried out grow this cotton.
Its production is artisanal and it begins by collecting cotton balls that are purchased directly from farmers and are dismantled to separate the seed from the fibers. The fibers are then loaded to separate and clean them. Then they twist them to form ( wicks or tapes ) to spin. All this is done with the help of small machines. Furthermore, humidity levels there are kept stable by nature, which reduces the use of energy and water.
The yarn is outsourced: it is run by a group of women from a working class neighborhood. They spin the wicks by hand with charkhas designed by Ghandi. These charkhas are small ring wheels with multiple spindles. When they finish their work, the thread passes into the hands of the weavers, who are in charge of finishing doing the Khadi.