Matmee Textile Village
We've discovered a great Lao Theung village that specializes in matmee textiles and to see the whole process from dyeiing to weaving is amazing
   

Winding the silk while tying off the resist for the matmee pattern
The raw silk drying
Loom with matmee textile
Winding matmee yarn
Winding matmee yarn
 
Silk tied off and ready for dyeing
Some of the bolts of fabric we bought
Matmee yarn is a kaliedascope of colors
Silk that had been dyes.
Looking at some textiles this woman has woven
This man wanted to sell the sin his wife had woven
Our group buying textiles villager are bringing from their homes
Bai looking at some of the textiles
We bought the textile this girl had woven