Sack Handicraft

Displays Variety of Sack Handicraft

Jute cloth is a rough cloth used to make sacks or bags. Formerly this cloth was woven from dark goat hair. Jute cloth is also made of jute fiber, a natural fiber that is used the second most after cotton. Jute fiber is obtained from the bark of the fibers bast tree. Apart from jute fiber, jute fabric is also made of roselle fiber. If using roselle fibers, to make the jute fabric required a long process naturally. Starting from rosela planting (this needs at least 3-4 months) then the process of changing rosela rods into fibers that will be spun into raw material cloth or burlap sack. Burlap made of roselle fiber material, strong because woven menggnuakan fiber base material thick so not easily broken.

Another use of jute cloth is also used to produce a cheaper songket product needs to be done a variety of creations, one of them by utilizing burlap cloth and bags of former wheat packaging for the basic material songket Jambi. The resulting fabric is then used as the basic material of dress, blezer, jacket, and so forth.