What is Aari Embroidery

What is Aari Embroidery

AARI embroidery or Aari Kari, is a speciality of Kashmiri artisans. Created in fine, concentric rings of chain stitch using a long hooked needle called ‘aer’, it is a form of very fine embroidery that involves elaborate and intricate floral motifs. Aari Kari is done in silk, cotton and woolen threads. Aari is different from other embroideries as the hook used in this is worked from beneath the cloth unlike the other embroideries wherein the work starts from the top. This movement creates loops and repetition of these loops creates the beautiful stitch pattern in striking colors and patterns. The design for embroidery needs to be printed on the fabric before starting any hook work. Today, with the help of advanced stitching procedures it takes lesser time to complete the Aari embroidery work.