https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:34:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-989139 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:26:06 +0000 Sarah A 989139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Manidipa for the education! I was with lyn* saying "i-kat" Ha! now I know better and also a lot about what it actually is </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-988495 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:52:37 +0000 rachylou 988495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just a wee bit. It's the hippie in me, hehe. All artsy craftsy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-988108 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 04:05:39 +0000 ManidipaM 988108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Missvee, for bonus points, get stuck on the k... kkk!</p> <p>Rachy, I hv no end of admiration for you. Baker and now weaver too?!</p> <p>Deb, high five!</p> <p>Lyn, you made me spill my coffee! Rofl... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-987865 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:37:07 +0000 lyn* 987865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The first time I came across ikat I thought it would be something printed with cats, to be honest - as in "i" for like iPod. and kat as in meow.&nbsp;</p> <p>I was a little disappointed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-987856 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:11:04 +0000 deb 987856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you! It irritates me also. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-987717 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:06:04 +0000 rachylou 987717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol. I used to do some weaving and dyeing. Ikat is bloody hard. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-987612 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:16:22 +0000 missvee 987612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies. I guarantee no one here has used a soft t. I shall dazzle them with my linguistic prowess. More likely they will think I have a speech impediment...:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-987500 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:43:58 +0000 ManidipaM 987500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Eeekat with a soft t </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-987441 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:50:35 +0000 ramya 987441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess we call it eee-kath </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-987439 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:47:47 +0000 missvee 987439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe you can clear up the pronunciation too. Is it 'eye'kat or 'eee'kat. I've heard both. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-987414 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:12:01 +0000 ramya 987414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get you Moni.. my pet peeve is bandhej and block prints(could you guess my mom's from Gujarat) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mild-ire-over-ikat#post-987333 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 05:34:04 +0000 ManidipaM 987333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I keep seeing magazines and fashion websites referring to assorted printed garments as 'ikat'. </p> <p>First, half the time, the print in question simply does not have the rough edge to the shapes that ikat would. But secondly and more importantly to me, the word 'print' is missing much too often---after all, ikat is a<u> technique</u> (weaving pattern with tie-dyed threads) and not a genre of pattern per se, so saying 'ikat print' would seem kinda important as a distinction? You know, like a tie-dye garment is different from a tie-dye print, or mock croc vs the real thing, or leather-look leggings vs actual hide...?</p> <p>Especially weird to see this in Indian and other Asian publications, where fabrics actually woven with the technique abound and the room for confusion is thus much greater (the woven sort should be exponentially more expensive in comparable garments than a print).</p> <p>Okay, getting off my soapbox now. </p>