Kashmiri Embroidery

Kashmiri embroidery is known for the skilled execution of a single stitch. Chain stitch, satin stitch, the slanted darn stitch, stem, herringbone and sometimes the doori or knot stitches are used but not more than one or two at a time. Sozni embroidery or dorukha is often done so skillfully that the motif appears on both sides of the shawl each side having a different color. Another type of needle embroidery is popularly known as 'papier mache' embroidery. This is done either in broad panels on either side of the breadth of a shawl, or covering the entire surface of a stole. A third type of embroidery is ari or hook embroidery; motifs here are the well-known flower design finely worked in concentric rings of chain stitch. This is same as colored Zari or ari embroidery.

Kashmiri Embroidery
Kashmiri embroidery or kashida is colorful and beautiful as Kashmir itself