What: In 2000, textile historian and designer Jenny Housego (she migrated to India from England, 30 years ago) and her Kashmir-based friend Asaf Ali, along with his brothers, started Kashmir Loom to revive the age-old art of hand woven Lena (popularly known as Pashmina or Cashmere) and Kani shawls. Committed to sustaining the region’s vital handicraft industry, the Srinagar-based company will display its uniquely crafted shawls, scarves and wraps, ranging from '7,000 to '2 lakh, at a three-day exhibition-cum-sale titled, Off The Kashmir Loom: Textiles From The Kashmir Valley. This marks their first exhibit in Mumbai.

Kan or pointed sticks, wrapped with yarn, are used for making Kani shawls (below)