But if the weavers' craft is flourishing, many in the local fishing community are suffering.
For years, the area's weavers have used banana and sisal fibers to make their wares.
Lee Weavers, 60, from Coprolite Street, Ipswich, denies possessing an offensive weapon and assault.
Today India has over three million handlooms and six million weavers, more than ever before.
The nonprofit acts as a conduit between Afghan weavers in remote villages and U.S. rug buyers.
The Weavers' Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation uses the coveted tickets to teach children about responsibility and commitment.
It promotes transmission of Yuki-tsumugi through exchange of skills, training of young weavers, and practical demonstrations.
We were able to generate a call for a General Assembly of the Silk Weavers of Varanasi.
The main problem of these successful entrepreneurs and the other weavers of Varanasi is lack of capital supply.
The Weavers are putting their hearts and imaginations -- as well as their money -- into their giving.
The Ned Ludd of legend wanted to smash the power looms that were putting hand weavers out of business.
Established in 1790, Hacienda Pinsaqui was originally a textile enterprise that employed more than 1, 000 weavers and spinners.
The Weavers also run LC Footwear, LLC, which acquired another company both Weavers owned shares in, PL Footwear, Inc.
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And the weavers were a sect of Muslims in a largely Hindu area.
The Weavers stand and cheerfully wave back with yellow flags of their own.
Years of practice made her one of the best weavers of the region.
The Weavers are putting their hearts and their imagination -- as well as their money -- into their giving.
So he could supply the weavers with uninterrupted power for five days of the week if the bureaucracy wanted it.
It has taken the shape of paying off debts of weavers, giving them intellectual property protection and craft sale points.
Weavers in India still use this old technology to this day, though France largely stopped using it a century ago.
Beneath your feet spreads out the world's largest carpet, made by a 1, 200-strong army of the finest Persian carpet weavers.
Originally known as North Carolina National Bank, it was a sleepy institution funding textile weavers, furniture makers and tobacco growers.
Over the past 10 years, ARZU has employed 700 weavers from 7 villages, and 95% of the employees are women.
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The pits get damp, especially during the monsoons, and after the daylight fades, weavers must rely on a single naked lightbulb.
The weavers are not even putting a dent into the sheer growth of the plant, which at the moment is particularly severe.
However Agwanda says she thinks the weavers could make a real contribution to the removal of the harmful plant from the lake.
The Weavers also fund college scholarships for people like Bermia Fussell, 18.
To get tickets to the "Honor Rows" -- as the Weavers call the seats -- the kids had to achieve certain goals.
Village weavers who heard of Fabindia began turning up at the door.
This same technology was brought to Varanasi at around the same time as its use in France and adopted by some forward-thinking weavers.
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