Wooden elephant
Carved thick on purpose — legs a child cannot snap off.
$34
Tiny handloom sarong
$44
The same cloth as the grown-up one, with an elastic waist so it stays on.
Materials & dimensions
- Handloom cotton
- Cotton-covered elastic
52 × 1 × 46 cm · 120 g
Care
Cold machine wash, tumble dry low. Wash separately the first two times. Fits roughly two to four years; the elastic has about four centimetres of give.
Shipping & duties
Standard $39
Express $74.10
North America · 120 g
Free standard shipping over $250.
Import duties and taxes are set by United States, not by us. They are not included above, and your carrier collects them on delivery.
The story
A real sarong is held up by a knot, and a child cannot tie one and would not keep it on if they could. So this has an elastic waist. That is the only concession — the cloth is the same handloom cotton Karunawathi weaves for adults, off the same loom, in the same width, just cut shorter.
The seams are flat-felled and turned so there is no raw edge anywhere against skin, and there is no woven label. Labels are the first thing a parent cuts out, so we put the care information on a card instead and left the garment alone.
Green because the dye is the same bath she uses for the adult check, run at half strength.
Karunawathi Menike
Thalagune, Udu Dumbara, Central Province · working since 1986
