A winter house you can wear.
Shanakh is our homage to the Chitrali shepherd’s cloak – a piece that holds weather, memory and belonging on its surface. Cut from dense hand-woven Shu in natural black or crème, the cape wraps the body in a soft, architectural silhouette. On the outside, appliquéd botanicals and crochet braids wander like footpaths across a night hillside, punctuated with tiny hand-embroidered gold stars. On the inside, a quilted garden of block-printed cotton waits against the skin.
Made slowly between mountain homes and village workshops, Shanakh carries the touch of many hands: wool shorn from endangered Kari sheep, spun and woven by Kho families in Garam Chashma; motifs cut, stitched and edged by women artisans working with Làlgar Foundation; dyes drawn from walnut husk, beetroot and high-altitude plants. Each cape is a small landscape of place, skill and story.
Product Details
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Material (outer): 100% organic Kari wool (an endangered Hindukush mountain breed), woven as traditional Chitrali Shu
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Lining: 100% cotton muslin, hand block-printed using AZO-free, non-toxic dyes
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Dyes: Walnut husk, beetroot and pusuk (indigenous high-mountain plant)
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Technique: Motifs are individually hand-cut, hand-appliquéd and hand-stitched with meticulous detail
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Origin: Shu hand-woven by Kho families in Garam Chashma, Chitral, Northwest Pakistan
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Makers: Crafted and finished by skilled women artisans in partnership with Làlgar Foundation
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Finish: Fine hand blanket-stitch edging; crochet braids; scattered hand embroidery in fine gold thread
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Colours: Natural Black and Crème
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Care: Keep out of direct sunlight; spot clean where possible or dry-clean only
One flexible size—designed to comfortably fit most, up to a relaxed large.
Kaitag is a home-textile collection by NINDYAA × Twilling Tweeds, reimagining mountain botanicals through contemporary design and time-honoured craftsmanship.
