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Woven Fabrics

Teen Jok Handicraft

About 20 km away from the ancient city of Si Satchanalai was the location of Ban Had Siew. The villagers there migrated from the city of Chiang Kwang, the Kingdom of Laos, to be governed by the virtues of the c king during the reign of King Rama Ill of Rattanakosin period.

These Phuan people brought their traditional culture into the land such as the language, culture, and wisdom of weaving. As Ban Hat Siew was adjacent to the provinces in the north, where Yuan residents lived, cultural exchanges among Phuan people and Yuan people occurred, resulting in beautiful woven fabrics and the identity of Ban Hat Siew.

Traditionally, women's outerwear in this area was divided into 2 types: sarongs in everyday life which were comfortable, and durable and sarongs on special occasions. The sarong was divided into three parts. The largest part was the middle called the body of sarong. The upper part must be attached to a piece of cloth for the suitable length of the wearers, called the top of sarong. The lower part was called the bottom of the sarong. Thai Lanna and Thai people of Lao origin mainly decorate the bottom of sarong with various c patterns and weaving methods, especially “Jok” which means the use of sharp materials such as hedgehog's hair to pull the thread up while weaving, resulted in patterns Therefore, we called sarongs or "Sin" which are decorated with the method of "Jok", called "Pha Sin (sarong) Teen Jok"

Teen Jok sarongs with the ancient patterns of Ban Hat Siew, Si Satchanalai District, Sukhothai Province which the academics gathered consist of 9 patterns, including Kreu Noi, Kreu Klang, Kreu Yai, Mon Sibhok, Seekho, Padkho, Sibhokkho, and Songthong. Each is beautiful and unique. They can indicate the way of life of the Sukhothai people.

Mud-fermented Cloth

In Ban Hat Siew, there is a story about the origins of the mud-fermented cloth that begins with the observation of the farmer found that his sarongs wore to do farming sunk in the mud were soft and comfortable.

Then, the idea was to bring the fabric to be fermented in mud to make the fabric soft and become the unique mud-fermented cloth of Ban Na Ton Chan, Si Satchanalai District, Sukhothai Province.

In addition to being fermented mud, the uniqueness of the mud-fermented cloth is dying with natural tones of colors and weaving in beautiful ancient patterns, similar to Teen Jok sarongs. This increases the value of the cloth. There are also many types of mud-fermented products such as ready-to-wear clothes, bags, scarves, etc. Those who are interested can also learn the process of mud-fermented cloth

Had Siew Loincloths

Most of those who visit Ban Had Siew, Si Satchanalai District, Sukhothai Province aims to see the beauty of woven sarongs, the creative work of people of Thai Puan People without knowing that in this area, there are many kinds of woven fabric which are charming.

Patterns of woven fabrics in this area reflect people's way of life and attitudes such as loincloths with an elephant or horse pattern, reflecting the relationship with the two species in the past when people in Hat Siew used them for work and transport. Elephant and horse patterns are put on a variety of clothes such as blankets, handkerchiefs, clothes used in rituals, even fabric bags. Fabric bags of Hat Siew are also notable for their unique design.

At present, Ban Had Siew has woven and knit garment shops providing ready-to-wear clothes made of woven fabric Hat Siew, suitable for all occasions and those of all ages.